Ad wars mount as Republicans ready ban on Senate filibusters
WASHINGTON -- Political activists are taking to the airwaves as Republicans prepare to make an unprecedented change to Senate rules that would eliminate filibusters used to block President Bush's judicial nominees, consolidating GOP control and stripping the Democrats of a strategy they could use in coming fights over US Supreme Court vacancies. (Full article: 846 words)
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