While I agree about the resistance to change, the filibuster was removed 11 years ago for judicial nominees yet still remains for most everything else so I’m not sure I buy your argument.
Not to mention, doing it the incremental way means not only do Dems have to wait until there is enough urgency to change the rules, they also have to wa…
While I agree about the resistance to change, the filibuster was removed 11 years ago for judicial nominees yet still remains for most everything else so I’m not sure I buy your argument.
Not to mention, doing it the incremental way means not only do Dems have to wait until there is enough urgency to change the rules, they also have to wait until whenever the next trifecta is to enact anything. Even with the problem Senators from WV and AZ Biden could have accomplished a lot more in the first two years of his term without the filibuster.
And I think your comment about the a zero vote majority actually argues for eliminating the filibuster. If you were a Senate candidate in 2026 which would you rather run on? “Look at all we did with a tied Senate, imagine what we could do with a majority,” or “We couldn’t accomplish anything because there were only 50 of us, but if we get 52 this session, well, we’ll still do jack shit because reasons”.
While I agree about the resistance to change, the filibuster was removed 11 years ago for judicial nominees yet still remains for most everything else so I’m not sure I buy your argument.
Not to mention, doing it the incremental way means not only do Dems have to wait until there is enough urgency to change the rules, they also have to wait until whenever the next trifecta is to enact anything. Even with the problem Senators from WV and AZ Biden could have accomplished a lot more in the first two years of his term without the filibuster.
And I think your comment about the a zero vote majority actually argues for eliminating the filibuster. If you were a Senate candidate in 2026 which would you rather run on? “Look at all we did with a tied Senate, imagine what we could do with a majority,” or “We couldn’t accomplish anything because there were only 50 of us, but if we get 52 this session, well, we’ll still do jack shit because reasons”.