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Ady Barkan writes for The American Prospect: "This session, every time that Democrats have scheduled important legislation, the Republican leadership has threatened to filibuster it. After a few hours of debate, the Democratic leadership calls for a cloture vote to end debate, and it inevitably fails. But instead of continuing debate, Senator Reid has been tabling the legislation and moving on to other business. The media barely notices - after all, a failed cloture vote followed by a motion to table is not exactly high drama - and Democrats become increasingly demoralized by the process."

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