Everyone is talking about the filibuster. I’ve gotten so many questions about what it means and where it comes from. Here's my Filibuster 101 piece https://t.co/9pZn9Pu4lm
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) March 17, 2021
"I don't think that you have to eliminate the filibuster, you have to do it what it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days," Biden said. "You had to stand up and command the floor; you had to keep talking." https://t.co/MgfU2IMjJr
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 17, 2021
reminder that mcconnell is full of crap and that the routine supermajority requirement for legislation is about 14 years old at this point. it’s not the essence of anything. https://t.co/eL6DjnIQax
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) March 13, 2021
An interesting dynamic is developing in the Manchin/SInema drama. Surely they expected there to be a robust constituency urging them on. But the fact that folks like David Brooks, Max Boot & David Frum are siding against the filibuster suggests that constituency might not exist.
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 16, 2021
Rather than encouraging compromise, the filibuster gives a skilled tactician like McConnell the ability to simply paralyze the Senate.
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) February 15, 2021
That is not power that should not be vouchsafed to this nihilistic Machiavellian. https://t.co/ucbRkGg15U
The filibuster was mortally wounded in 2013. It's only a matter of time before it formally croaks.https://t.co/Z6Ay5n6Ys3
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) August 13, 2019
Wow: Harry Reid calls for abolishing the filibuster, writing, "The filibuster is suffocating the will of the American people. To save our country's future, Democrats must abolish this arcane Senate rule." https://t.co/4ObRN0vzqh
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 12, 2019
Sad! 