The idea of making senators pull all-nighters sounds like a sensible filibuster reform. But the procedure, a favorite of Strom Thurmond and Frank Capra, has its limits.
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Biden’s Press Conference Showed a Focused President
There’s just one problem: The press and the Congress will keep trying to take him off course.
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Could Democrats Finally Be Taking on the Filibuster?
More and more are increasingly recognized that it’s the first problem needed to solve before solving all the rest.
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Joe Manchin’s Filibuster Problem—And Ours
The pivotal Democratic senator is open to paring down the filibuster, but is that even possible?
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How to Make Congress Stronger
It’s time to kill the filibuster, return to regular order, and obey the budget law instead of threatening the parliamentarian.
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GOP Senators Couldn’t Even Convict The Man Who Sent a Mob After Them. Why Let Them Filibuster?
The outcome of the impeachment trial should give defenders of the tactic some pause.
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Don’t Despair the Survival of the Filibuster
Ezra Klein and others shouldn’t panic. There’s a way to make this work.
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RIP RBG. Now End the Filibuster. Add States to the Union. Expand the Courts.
The moral imperative to save our democracy from minority rule could not be clearer.
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Please, Democrats: Kill the Filibuster
If you capture the Senate, don’t get wobbly and nostalgic about some mythical pre-Mitch McConnell era when the filibuster was good. It’s always been a bad idea.
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How Mitch McConnell Is Making the Case For Ending the Filibuster
The majority leader has shown it as a tool to neuter Congress as a legislative body.
