THey should do away with the stupid 60 vote rule. Who decided to redefine majority? The Constitution says majority — not 60 votes. Furthermore, to compund the stupidity of the Senate rules, they allow ONE proposal per year to come to the floor for a vote with 51 votes, so the Senators load that Bill up with everything but the kitchen sink, thus ensuring that it will be defeated, or vetoed.
I predicted that we’d have trouble with the Dems in the minority... the use of filibuster had been rising, particularly in the 2000s, because people were no longer required to actually hold the floor... made it WAY too easy to obstruct legislation. I think that McConnell may be loathe to do away with it now, because the Dems may get the Senate back in 2016 (a lot of vulnerable Repubs up for re-election), and he fears losing a major weapon. If the rules were just changed to restore the holding the floor requirement, we wouldn’t have this level of obstruction.