Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell filibustered his own bill in December 2012.
Sources
- The Best Reporting on What’s Wrong with Congress (propublica.org)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mcconnell-filibusters-own-bill-flna1c7474989 (nbcnews.com)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2012/12/06/dem-unity-forces-mcconnell-to-filibuster-his-own-proposal/?chead=true (washingtonpost.com)
- https://www.salon.com/2012/12/06/mcconnell_blocks_his_own_debt_ceiling_proposal/ (salon.com)
- https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2012/1206/Debt-ceiling-debate-twist-Sen.-Mitch-McConnell-filibusters-himself (csmonitor.com)
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