Speaking at Morehouse right now.

"What the hell are we even talking about?!" in response to GA's law making it illegal to give someone a bottle of water while waiting in line to vote.

talking about Republicans who voted in the past to extend voting rights

"Even Strom Thurman voted for it. You don't know how damn hard I worked on that. But NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN TODAY in the Senate wants it today."

and now (as expected) going on a full-on attack against the current filibuster

advocating for simple majority

supports any change to the rules so long as they work to protect voting rights

And when things flip, they might wish they hadn't gotten rid of it. 2 sides to every coin.

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"What the hell, heck are we even talking about?!"

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You don't know how damn, darn hard I worked on that.

Can't wait for the outrage over his "profanity-filled rant" by the right-wing outrage machine.

It's just locker-room talk!

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And when things flip, they might wish they hadn't gotten rid of it. 2 sides to every coin.

Thanks, I'm well aware of the, "b-b-but you'll be sorry!" threat.

If we don't ditch it, that day has ALREADY come.

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And when things flip, they might wish they hadn't gotten rid of it. 2 sides to every coin.

What's to stop republicans from changing the rules when they take power anyway?

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And when things flip, they might wish they hadn't gotten rid of it. 2 sides to every coin.

What's to stop republicans from changing the rules when they take power anyway?

That's exactly what Mitch will do. He's done it before and he wouldn't lose a second of sleep making a change again. He would do it with a lot less hand wringing than the democrats have done. All the filibuster does is entrench minority rule. That's not what a democracy is about. Yes, I know, the US is not even close to being a democracy but the closer we get to being one, the better. Heck, at the very least they should go back to an earlier version of the filibuster where it was quite painful to implement this maneuver. The current version of the rule allows maximum obstruction with absolutely no pain (or even mild inconvenience) on the part of the filibusterer.

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At times, the Senate has also exempted certain types of legislation from the cloture rule. For example, Congress’s annual budget reconciliation process requires only a simple majority vote and cannot be filibustered. Likewise, trade agreements that are negotiated using fast-track rules cannot be filibustered. Other exemptions apply to measures that involve, for example, military base closures or arms sales. In total, 161 exceptions to the filibuster’s supermajority requirement have been created between 1969 and 2014, according to an analysis by the Brookings Institution’s Molly Reynolds.
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Lot of underwear wringing going on. 161 exceptions already should clue folks in about not making exceptions for voting rights.

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After his encounter with Bunning, Franken called Ornstein to find a way to end the absurdity, and the result was this: flip the numbers from 60 required to end debate to 41 required to continue it, moving the burden from the majority to the minority. Require 41 to be on the floor at all times, and to debate the issue at hand, germanely. The minority could still prevail—the majority would have to stop all other business to go around the clock, and might decide after some time to cut its losses and move on to other issues, if the minority made its determination clear. But it would require a major effort by the minority to accomplish its ends. And for both sides, bipartisan compromise might be the best way to ease any mutual burdens.

How to Reform the Filibuster
Al Franken and Norm Ornstein
[alfranken.com]

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How to Reform the Filibuster
Al Franken and Norm Ornstein
[alfranken.com]

So you're still opening his emails, eh?

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How to Reform the Filibuster
Al Franken and Norm Ornstein
[alfranken.com]

So you're still opening his emails, eh?

They really grab you, if you know what I mean.

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How to Reform the Filibuster
Al Franken and Norm Ornstein
[alfranken.com]

So you're still opening his emails, eh?

As are you, obviously.

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