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The Feingold-McCain defeat came Thursday at the hands of a Republican-led filibuster.
If Senate Republicans tack on a Nickles amendment, Democrats might even filibuster to block McCain-Feingold, which otherwise has their unanimous support.
In almost all Washington movies, there's an impassioned speech echoing Jimmy Stewart's climactic filibuster in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington . In Dave , the president calls a press conference to announce a full-employment program.
Even if enough Republicans join Democrats to kill the amendment, more would be needed to defeat the filibuster that has already been promised.
Senate leaders may eliminate the issue ad provision to overcome a promised filibuster.