Filibuster Reform in the U.S. Senate
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Nothing will happen. Nothing ever really does anymore. The republicans do whatever it takes to get their agenda done. The democrats talk about decorum and all that bullshyt and do nothing then when the republicans take action the democrats cry about it.
Ask yourself if the filibuster was in the republicans way would they even hesitate to remove it?
Ask yourself if the filibuster was in the republicans way would they even hesitate to remove it?
They didn’t remove it under trump when they had the chance to.
Was it something their party wanted removed? No. The republicans need it more than the democrats.
This thread is a decade old the Dems are still playing around 
This thread is a decade old the Dems are still playing around
Thread was made when Dems had 55 seats in the Senate. Good thing is they DID reform filibuster for lower court judges. Only way for Harry Reid and Obama to get them through for the remainder of time the Dems had the Senate until January 2015...
Getting rid of the filibuster would be the biggest mistake Dems could make.
I have zero confidence in their ability to wield power. And even less in their ability to stop Republicans from wielding power.
Leave the filibuster alone.
I have zero confidence in their ability to wield power. And even less in their ability to stop Republicans from wielding power.
Leave the filibuster alone.
How should they get these voting rights bills down then? Carve out?
I would have given voting rights the same energy that got wasted negotiating with Manchin and Sinema all of last year and folded it into the infrastructure bill (assuming that isn’t a procedural violation).
Voting rights & holding the people involved with January 6th accountable should have been at the top of the agenda. And it should have been messaged relentlessly.
What makes you think they’re passing anything at this point in the election cycle as we head in to the midterm?
I don't think anything is passing at this point. This Congress is probably done beyond routine votes. Schumer is just trying to appear busy with this filibuster and voting rights drama.
The dems keeping the filibuster will have no impact on the republicans keeping it or not. They'll only keep it if they think it serves them.
Do you think Congress would be more active if filibuster reform goes through? Would it extend the legislative window or are we at the mercy of the midterm/ presidential election schedule.
They’d be more active for sure. The Dems in the House have passed a lot of bills. But needing 60 votes in the Senate to proceed is the problem.
They would have gotten a lot done in 2021 without the filibuster
But you always will run into the campaign season which is why they only got the first half the year if that
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Ah classic Progressive Monday morning quarterbacking
