Analysis: Democrats reach breaking point on filibusters

By Associated Press
Published November 23, 2013 5:00am ET
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Analysis: Democrats reach breaking point on filibusters
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 29. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File ) | J. Scott Applewhite

WASHINGTON — As Democrats watched Senate Republicans use filibuster powers to thwart more and more of President Barack Obama’s agenda and nominees, they wondered how much worse it could get.

They finally reached a breaking point this past week when party leaders concluded that what they called GOP obstruction had made a mockery of American democracy.

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