[\/\/ayne]

Used to filibuster was for emergencies only - Democrats made it an everyday thing.

[Yo-Yo]

Remember how Democrats rammed through Obamacare at 7AM on Christmas Eve 2009 when they had a fillibuster-proof majority?

That would be every single Democrat proposal if they had the majority in the Senate with no fillibuster.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

For months, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Senate Democrats have talked about eliminating the filibuster.

Why has McConnell waited for Democrats to do it? The Democrats are obviously serious. If Republicans retain the Senate and Trump wins re-election, take the Democrats up on their threats - eliminate the filibuster and pack the SC with 6 new young, ultra-conservative justices, along with the inevitable replacements for Breyer and Thomas. Let the liberals live with an 11-4 conservative majority for the next 40 years.

[SecondAmendment]

The Senate has way too much power, time to seriously look at repealing the 17th amendment again and/or a one term limit.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

It may also be the case that Schumer won’t have the voters either, even if they’re in the majority. Manchin may not vote for it, and some old-timers like Feinstein might not either.

[itsahoot]

B$. It is only a problem if the Dems win the Senate and the White House and if that happens it won't matter we are done anyway.

Time the majority party is held responsible to carry out the wishes of those who elected them.

[Svartalfiar]

There’s a very simple method for fixing the filibuster. Just do it. If no one wants to get up and start talking, then start the vote. Quit doing all this bullshit about killing bills just because they don’t have a filibuster-proof majority.

Make the final call for comments, and when no one gets up to filibuster, then close discussion and open the vote.