by The party in power always talks about removing the filibuster– a procedure whereby business is halted unless 60 U.S. senators vote for cloture to end debate. Because the Senate is so balanced, it prevents one party from throwing the country all one way or the other and frustrates all Presidents.
“One of the things that he has been talking about for the last couple of days more intensely is getting rid of the filibuster. That’s actually something that you wanted to do when Joe Biden was president. Things weren’t getting through the Senate. So is that an area where you agree with him?” Bash asked.”Look, we don’t need a procedural fix at this point,” Raskin answered. “We need the Republicans to recognize that there’s a healthcare crisis they’ve imposed on the country. Millions of people are facing the loss of their health insurance because of the skyrocketing premiums under Trump and the end of the ACA tax credits.”
Source: Check Out the Dems’ Hypocritical Filibuster Follies, Starring Chuck Schumer – RedState
The filibuster, as practiced in 2025, is not the filibuster as practiced in times passed. Rather than changing the rules, I propose that we revert the rules to say that if someone wants to filibuster, they actually have to do the talking, instead of this gentleman’s agreement that they just have to get 60 votes.
I can guarantee you that no one would have been talking for 30-something days to stop the government from being funded. It’d all be over now. And it would still preserve the rule and the minority would still be heard.
