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What is your opinion on getting rid of the filibuster in the Senate?
What is your opinion on getting rid of the filibuster in the Senate?
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That’s a good question. Like everything else on Capitol Hill, its complicated. lol
The fillibuster does protect the minority, and Republicans will not always be in the majority so they have to consider that. That is an argument for keeping the fillibuster. But an argument could also be made that key things need to get done and shouldn’t be obstructed by a fillibuster.
Back in 2013 the senate Dems changed the rules so they could block the fillibuster with respect to nominations. So they only needed 512 votes instead of 60. (Reconcilions cannot be blocked by a fillibuster either.) Senators in general like the power of the fillibuster for obvious reasons.
Not having the fillibuster “tool” could conceivably allow Democrats to pass all kinds of crazy legislation. For that reason, I like the fillibuster as a protective device. That said, the Democrats knew when they changed the rules that it could come back to haunt them. I would like to see the fillibuster temporarily removed (say for one year) to give them a taste of their own medicine, and then restore the fillibuster in its entirely back to the way it was pre-2013.
There is a long history of fillibuster issues and I’m sure someone could write many counter arguments.