[Cubs Fan]

The filibuster was never meant to be used like the demotards use it. It was supposed to be a rare thing where the minority party could stop the majority BUT ONLY if they got up there and delayed things by talking nonstop. It required serious effort

The current version is just the minority party declares a filibuster on everything and stops the majority and has to make no effort.

Stupid turtle should have gotten rid of it two years ago.

[Cboldt]

The cloture rule has a parallel in Robert's Rules of Order. Its purpose is to allow debate until a supermajority is ready to vote.

Using cloture to implement a minority veto is abuse of the process, and illustrates that the deliberative body is dysfunctional.