I wish they did trash the whole (unconstitutional) filibuster, but I thought the plan was just to dump its use for judicial appointments. The "tradition" of filibustering those goes back 4 years.
That's what I thought, too. Nothing is stopping traditional "cherished" legislative filibusters, but the Dems know they can make the public think that's what's happening.
I thought this "nuclear option" was to prevent the use of the filibuster in a relevant committee to block all progress - in other words being used to prevent a straight up/down vote of the whole senate. No ?
Didn't I also read somewhere that the Dems changed the rules several times while they were in the majority ? Even Sen Byrd doing it in fact >
I believe they are proposing changing the rules for Judicial nominations not legislative. Amen.