McConnell will use it to block legislation if it isn’t eliminated.
When a measured, thoughtful voice like @EJDionne says “end the filibuster” … it’s time to end the filibuster.
— Nicolas Falacci (@NickFalacci) January 31, 2021
It’s no longer a political decision.
It’s an existential decision.https://t.co/kqM7htcLwl
under appreciated point here about how it makes absolutely no sense to require 60 votes to pass legislation but only 50 to repeal it. https://t.co/RVMMTxxdVg
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) January 31, 2021
My new column for @CNNOpinion about why @LeaderMcConnell's defense of the filibuster doesn't reflect the history and why reform is so urgent. @PrincetonSPIA https://t.co/GEFUS38nsC
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) January 31, 2021
WATCH: @TiffanyDCross explains the history of the Senate filibuster and why Sen. McConnell wants to maintain it.https://t.co/2zxXDHE3C9
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2021
@LeaderMcConnell is peddling fake history to defend the filibuster. Not quite @mtg’s “Jewish space lasers,” but still phony. #FilibusterMustGo https://t.co/BBnX98AsQP
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 31, 2021
FDR’s margins in Congress were epic. The House was 313-115 in 1933. And 59-37 in the Senate. And remember the filibuster was rarely used. FDR is not a reasonable model for Biden despite current rhetoric. https://t.co/Y4UrvEIPQA
— Walter Shapiro (@MrWalterShapiro) January 31, 2021
If there hadn’t been a filibuster in 2010 Ben Nelson couldn’t have stopped the public option from happening and Joe Lieberman couldn’t have dropped Medicare buy-in at 55 from happening. https://t.co/TJuqGNax8a
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) January 29, 2021
Scrap the filibuster and make D.C. a state, writes Christian Cooper https://t.co/rF3vsmgrLo
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 29, 2021
This has been brewing for a long time
.@senatemajldr Mitch McConnell has a new op-ed in the New York Times promising to preserve the legislative filibuster and warning Democrats not to end it.https://t.co/eV5fd2l6dT
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 22, 2019
Even if Democrats capture the White House and Congress in 2020, the party's agenda could still be stymied by GOP senators representing just one-fifth of the country, writes @RonBrownstein. Abolishing the filibuster could be the Democrats' only way out. https://t.co/I0zliPecGY
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 22, 2019
Why are so many Democrats considering ending the filibuster? https://t.co/UgZYHyAaP7
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) September 23, 2019
Sad! 