Republicans are abusing it and will prevent Democrats from passing bills that are popular and necessary.
Great explainer on the filibuster and why it needs to go, by @ewarren https://t.co/uaw6OoNn3b
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) June 22, 2021
the folk civics around the filibuster is very similar to the folk civics around the electoral college in that both are very clearly after the fact justifications for rules that make no sense and have no logical basis https://t.co/cVfRH9Bald
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 3, 2021
Ending the Senate filibuster is not a step to take likely.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 10, 2021
But it's a step we have to take, if we want to save American democracy.https://t.co/UAFwlwdvf1
Really interesting idea on filibuster reform from three excellent scholars: https://t.co/E5DZspQodq
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 7, 2021
This is a fascinating piece on the filibuster from one of the greatest congressional staffers of the past 60 years, John Stewart. He knows whereof he speaks! https://t.co/ox2hmpHB1O
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 5, 2021
There is absolutely zero doubt that the filibuster, in its modern form, is intimately tied to Jim Crow https://t.co/coq4OiSFqK
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) March 25, 2021
I have no idea if Ds will blow up the filibuster. But the anti-filibuster crowd has the momentum now (breathe @AJentleson)
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 25, 2021
We've spent a lot of time over the last few days talking to sources — & each other — ab the filibuster. Here are 5 reasons to blow it up & 5 reason not to
We crunched the numbers to show the absurd escalation of the filibuster over the past century. This isn’t tradition or what the founders intended. It’s time for #FilibusterReform – from talking cure to protecting Voting Rights to a great idea from @NormOrnstein and @alfranken. https://t.co/BABgzpct2S
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) March 19, 2021