Despite outward appearances that Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-KY) filibuster of the unemployment benefits extension was partisan gridlock at its worst, Democratic sources tell TPMDC that the Bunning’s one-man government shutdown actually united partisans on both sides toward a common goal: breaking the filibuster. Democrats are calling the affair “Bunning-gate.”
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