Daily Topics - Friday February 15th, 2013
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Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
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Hour One: Keeping Ins. Co's from bankrupting sick people - Corey Dubin, Committee of Ten Thousand
Hour Two: Meet the 102 year old face of voter suppression...
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
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Thom & Louise at a "private audience" with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at his summer palace, Castle Gandolfo, Italy
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"Right through the worst of the Bush years and into the present, Thom Hartmann has been one of the very few voices constantly willing to tell the truth. Rank him up there with Jon Stewart, Bill Moyers, and Paul Krugman for having the sheer persistent courage of his convictions."
From Screwed:
"I think many of us recognize that for all but the wealthiest, life in America is getting increasingly hard. Screwed explores why, showing how this is no accidental process, but rather the product of conscious political choices, choices we can change with enough courage and commitment. Like all of Thom’s great work, it helps show us the way forward."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Thom Hartmann seeks out interesting subjects from such disparate outposts of curiosity that you have to wonder whether or not he uncovered them or they selected him."
The filibuster could never be ended by a mere majority. The Senate pretty much started out with unanimous-consent rules, meaning that one senator alone could keep a filibuster going. The threshold to end a filibuster was reduced to 2/3 in 1917, requiring only 32 out of 96 senators to continue debate, and then to 3/5 in 1975, requiring 41 out of 100 senators to continue debate. Of course, "debate" is a relative term in Congress.