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filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3628 (Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/dQxrC
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 5297 (To establish the Small Business Lending Fund Program, and for other purp…) FAILED! (60↑ 37↓) http://is.gd/dGyXC
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4899 (Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010) SUCCEEDED! (46↑ 51↓) http://is.gd/dGyXk
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) FAILED! (60↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/dBYpX
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) FAILED! (60↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/dBYpX
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4173 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) FAILED! (60↑ 38↓) http://is.gd/du9uO
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) SUCCEEDED! (58↑ 38↓) http://is.gd/dcyqs
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 5297 (Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010) FAILED! (66↑ 33↓) http://is.gd/dbc11
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/d4Qop
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (In the nature of a substitute.) SUCCEEDED! (56↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/cVexb
filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (In the nature of a substitute.) FAILED! (60↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/ckkab
filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (In the nature of a substitute.) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 42↓) http://is.gd/ciOQg
filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/bMRaH
filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) SUCCEEDED! (56↑ 42↓) http://is.gd/bMRaB
filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/bLjDd
filibusted: Filibuster on a nomination (Nomination of Lael Brainard, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury) FAILED! (84↑ 10↓) http://is.gd/bBTVD
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4851 (In the nature of a substitute.) FAILED! (60↑ 38↓) http://is.gd/bwP2T
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4851 (Continuing Extension Act of 2010) FAILED! (60↑ 34↓) http://is.gd/bsb9K
filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 3288 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appr…) FAILED! (60↑ 34↓) http://is.gd/9nsHT
filibusted: Filibuster on a nomination (Nomination of David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge…) FAILED! (70↑ 29↓) http://is.gd/9nqcd
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