McConnell will use to block Democratic bills. Of course, it could be used by Republicans when they’re in charge but I’ll take that chance. We have a crisis now and can’t let McConnell block legislation to end the emergency.
Analysis: It is time once again to explain what the filibuster is and isn’t https://t.co/H9RH0Vfgcc
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 22, 2021
The case against eliminating the filibuster
Senate Dems represent 41 million more Americans than GOP but Mitch McConnell wants 21 small state GOP senators representing less than a quarter of population to be able to block laws supported by huge majorities of Americans with filibuster https://t.co/CJol4P47Np
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 22, 2021
If Dems had not gone nuclear in 2013 we would have confirmed far fewer Obama judges. Then McConnell would have gone nuclear himself the first time Democrats filibustered a Trump nominee in 2017. There is zero chance McConnell would sat back while Dems filibustered Trump nominees. https://t.co/13Q6zA98EC
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) September 19, 2020
No idea what Feinstein is talking about here. She was elected in 1992. In her first two-year session of Congress from 1993-94 there were 80 filibusters. From 2013-14 (Democrats’ last two years in the majority) there were 252 filibusters. https://t.co/q1LOuPdxpU
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) September 21, 2020
Why Are So Many Democrats Considering Ending The Filibuster? | FiveThirtyEight
It’s time we stop letting the Minority Leader control the Democratic majority. https://t.co/4hTY81Or6C
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 23, 2021
I hope centrist Democrats learn very quickly to drop their misplaced veneration for the Senate filibuster. As McConnell knows, it's the party in the White House that gets punished for gridlock. Dems can only win by passing big things that most Americans want.
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) January 24, 2021
“According to Senate records, the number of times the chamber considered a ‘cloture’ motion to end debate — the Senate’s way of stopping a filibuster — rose from six in 1969-70 to 298 in 2019-20.”https://t.co/vtbSn0N6DE
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 24, 2021
On @MeetThePress Dick Durbin signals limited patience on filibuster: "And if this filibuster has now become so common in the Senate that we can't act, that we just sit there helpless, shame on us. Of course we should consider a change in rule under those circumstances…"
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) January 24, 2021
Mitch McConnell, who ran the Senate chamber for the last six years, wants Charles Schumer—the new Senate Majority Leader—to agree to keeping the filibuster in place https://t.co/qH8hko4EcL
— TIME (@TIME) January 24, 2021
Sad! 