Filibuster Application News Today

There is a place for extended debate on legislative issues. i am hopeful that i can convince him that we ought to treat constitutional issues the same way we treat budget issues. we move the budget forward without this filibuster application so as not to threaten the credit of the united states of america. and we ought to move forward on constitutional issues when it comes to the filibuster. so the filibuster i think has its place, but not when it comes to voting and other constitutional issues....

Conversations with joe manchin. i like joe manchin. we have been friends for a long time. we used to do a lot of these kinds of chores together, just like i did with joe biden. so both of us have developed a great deal of patience with each other. and so i think that joe has made me a little bit sensitive to the filibuster. i wanted to get rid of the whole thing, but he convinced me that there is a place for extended debate on legislative issues. i am hopeful that i can convince him that we ough...