# Will fist fights in Congress happen soon?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 13, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937 "2012-12-13T17:37:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937/41 "2012-12-16T18:03:13Z")

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> [@Esox\_Lucius](#):
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> Naw, McConnell would filibuster. No decision is reached, nothing gets accomplished and the crowd is left unsatisfied.
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> \<slap\> Damn, even my fantasies are stuck in real life.

So? New rule: Filibuster ends once the filibustering senator is down for a count of ten.

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937/42 "2012-12-16T20:05:36Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> They will go straight to 2nd amendment solutions!

Form citizen action groups and get out the vote efforts? Not sure how that applies here.

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**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937/43 "2012-12-16T21:57:43Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UAeqVGP-GPM/hqdefault.jpg ""Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM)

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937/44 "2012-12-17T01:35:42Z")

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> [@gaffa](#):
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> I’m thinking something much more on the lines of Buzz Aldrin decking Bart Sibrel.

> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> So? New rule: Filibuster ends once the filibustering senator is down for a count of ten.

Thanks, I needed those. 🙂 Both work for me.

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**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-fist-fights-in-congress-happen-soon/643937/45 "2012-12-17T01:43:27Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> Pity Barney Frank has retired, I’d pay good money to see Louis Goober (R-Batshit) get his ass kicked into next week by a fat, old, gay guy.

He’d beat Frank to death. I’d pay double.

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