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We could be just hours away from filibuster reform...
In the Senate. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he’s giving Republicans 24 to 36 hours to come to the table, and agree on some sort of filibuster reform. But, he said, if Republicans don’t do it – then he’ll proceed on his own. Democrats will fight to change the rules of the Senate, and curb some of the obstructionism we’ve seen over the last four years in the upper chamber.
Reid must choose between two options for filibuster reform. There’s an ambitious reform plan, promoted by Senators Jeff Merkley and Tom Udall, which would put in place a “talking filibuster” - requiring the minority to stand on the floor of the Senate, and actually talk the entire time they wish to filibuster legislation. And there’s a more moderate reform plan, which preserves the minority’s silent filibuster, but cuts down on how many times they can filibuster a particular piece of legislation.
While most progressive organizations have endorsed the Merkley-Udall “talking filibuster” reform, it’s unlikely Senator Reid has the votes among Democrats to pass such plan – and he will likely settle on a more moderate approach. But, if Democrats want to sweep the midterm elections in two years, and re-take the House of Representatives, then they have to pass legislation out of the Senate, and show the American people their agenda, and how it differs from the agenda of House Republicans. Strong filibuster may be the only way to accomplish this.
Call your Senator today – and tell them to support the Merkley-Udall “talking filibuster” reform.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Should citizens have the same weapons as the military? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Should citizens have the same weapons as the military?
Lone Liberal Rumble:- Judson Phillips, TheTeaParty.net / Founder, Tea Party Nation  - Dan Bongino, Conservative Commentator & former U.S. Senate candidate (R-MD)
The Best of the Rest...
Is Pepsi more dangerous than Coke?- Scott Thill, Morphizm.com / Alternet, Salon & Wired Magazine
Daily Take: Are "We the People" now the real Terrorists?
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Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: GOP has to rig elections to win
The Big Picture- Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator
Quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith.
Hour Two: Big government vs. Reaganism- Jamie Weinstein, The Daily Caller / Co-Author (w/Will Rahn) "The Lizard King"
Speech: " Crisis of Confidence" by Jimmy Carter, July 15, 1979 ("The energy crisis is real") (also called the "malaise" speech, though he did not use the word).
Hour Three: Sunlight for the SuperPACs?- A.G. Eric Schneiderman, Attorney General-State of New York (D-NY)
Jobs, Trade and the Debt Ceiling...- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Are "We the People" now the real Terrorists?
Hour Two: The shooting at the Texas School Coral only shot a bystander...- Mark Walters, Host-Armed American Radio (nationally syndicated) / Author-Lessons from Armed America / Concealed carry expert
Hour Three: Is Pepsi more dangerous than Coke?
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have the latest on what's happening in Congress and how it affects you...the fate of the filibuster...will they or won't they extend the debt ceiling and more...
Plus, are atheists out to undermine religion as we know it?! What?! I'll challenge conservative rocker & Pastor Bradlee Dean...
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Thom's Poll
Will Sen. Harry Reid push hard for real filibuster reform?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
GOP has to rig elections to win
The Hidden History of the 2nd Amendment
Zero Dark Thirty - A Misleading Portrayal of Torture
Crazy Alert - Are you willing to be a surrogate mom to a Neanderthal?
Politics Rumble - Is mankind could be facing extinction?
Politics Rumble - Why we need a redistribution of wealth
How 100 people could end poverty
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 1/22/13: Want to End Global Poverty? Tax the Rich!
Tonight's "Big Picture Politics Panel" discusses how to easily end poverty, whether Reaganism is over and how serious the Obama administration is in dealing with climate change. Also discussed: Mitch McConnell's crazy email on guns, how "Zero Dark Thirty" glorifies torture and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses the effect philosopher Thomas Hobbes' has had on today's Republican party.
Thom Hartmann on the News: January 22, 2013
Sen. Sherrod Brown on Filibuster Reform
Sunlight For the SuperPACs?
Caller: How Do Limbaugh & McConnell Feel Today?
Big Government Vs. Reaganism
Why The GOP Feels it Needs to Rig Elections
GOP Has to Rig Elections to Win
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