An across-the-board filibuster in a closely divided Senate will do that. One of the things that has irritated me over the last couple of years is that the word "filibuster" has largely disappeared from the MSM. The typical storyline has been "Senate rejects" or "Senate fails to pass" or "Republicans fail." This has been coupled with the by-now casual assertion in many stories that Senate rules require 60 votes for passage. And so the "ineffective Republicans" theme was sold.
My prediction for the next two years: the word filibuster will be revived, and the stories will all be about an obstructionist Republican minority.
In other words, we've been totally ineffective in telling it like it is. I know we have the entire MSM against us, but instead of figuring out a way to work around them, we've just laid down and taken it. The one good thing to come out of yesterday is that we can get rid of our limp "leadership" and get some fighters in there.