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Rule. the nomination failed. also, pass interference, as in the bill earned a majority of yes votes, but failed because of pass interference. catch 41. as in catch 2 but for 42 votes. republicans could not muster a majority, but did so because of catch 41. this is a good one. la la la la la. as in extending unemployment's got a majority vote but failed because of la la la la la. think that would be hard to translate to print. there's also minority override. had a majority and would have passed if not for the minority override. minority rule, this one is very popular. it would have passed excep...

As you may also know we have been trying to come up with a new name for the filibuster problem. since saying the republicans are abusing a role that used to be used infrequently to now require a 60 vote supermajority for everything in the united states senator, it is a little sleepy and tiring and boring. we have enjoyed reading through the thousands of suggestions you have made at our website for renaming the filibuster problem. but now it is friday. and it is time to unveil the finalists, and tell you who we picked as our winner. so here our are our honorable mentions that you guys made the ...

Senate in 2006 there's been a huge spike in how often the filibuster is used. now for the first time in u.s. history forcing the 60-vote super majorities. for routine senate business. are you still awake? are you still awake? it's very important. now that senator udall and senator tom harkin and senator shaheen are sponsoring legislation to change senate rules so a tiny minority cannot thwart the will of the majority anymore, it's important to keep people interested in how important that is. to that end we're trying some rebranding. we need to replace the admittedly soporific problem descripti...

Pass interference. hung senate. minority veto. minority rule. simple but effective. and how about this one? lawjam. these are great. we've received a lot. we would like even more. please go to rachel.msnbc.com, click on "the filibuster challenge." we're going to pool the ideas together and then pick a winner. if you win, you get relatively lame prizes that i hope you like anyway. it's a "rachel maddow show" sweatshirt and a "rachel maddow show" mug both made in america. you might be able to add to that swag a country with a future. joining us now is chris hayes, washington editor of "the natio...

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