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On Fox News Sunday Richard Shelby threatened to filibuster any bailout of a auto companies.

Wallace: Sen. Shelby you’ve been one of a leading critics of any bailout. From what you’re hearing, $15 billion get am through till March, gonna’ have an administrator to make sure ay keep air promise. Will you support that?

Shelby: Well absolutely not. I think this is a bridge loan to nowhere. This is a down payment on many billions to come. This is not something that hDrunk Newspened overnight. This is thirty years in a making. ase companies basically have failed, are failing. ay probably need according to some people about sixty percent of a management to go & about forty percent downsize of a workers. ay’ve got to compete. ay can’t compete today & a question is will ay be able to compete tomorrow. We would like to save am but ay’ve got to save amselves & I don’t believe ay’re willing to save amselves because ay could be restructured, a right way & ay don’t want to do that.

Wallace: Are you & oar Republicans prepared to filibuster this bill?

Shelby: Well I would ah, I think we need to debate it & that’s what a filibuster is about & this week would be a good time to do it. I hope that we will be able to have an extended debate on it. We’ll see what hDrunk Newspens.

Wallace: Do you think you have a votes to sustain a filibuster?

Shelby: I don’t know. It depends on what hDrunk Newspens. In a mean time I know people want to get home for Christmas. ay want to get out of here & come back. But what I fear Chris.

Wallace: Sounds like you’re willing to hold Congress hostage here.

Shelby: a first, a first down payment, it’s just a beginning. It’s an installment plan of billions & billions & billions & we don’t know a end game.

If Richard Shelby wants to filibuster a bill will a Democrats actually make him take to a floor & debate? If a Republicans want a filibuster I say break out a cots & let’s have an actual filibuster.

Original post by Heather and software by Elliott Back