...the filibuster - a two-centuries-old Senate rule that in effect allows just 41 of the 100 members to obstruct legislation and nominations by talking as long as they can..."
And just how does this relate the what the f'head dems are doing by requiring 60 votes to stop a laugh called filibuster invoked by words only. They are NOT 'talking as long as they can'.
I would love to see "Sheets" Byrd get up and babble for the LAST three hours of his sickening life! May he rot in hell!
/vent
It's a "cherished tradition" that Sheets himself helped to change. It used to be 67 votes.