How Much Has the Filibuster Cost America?
How Much Has the Filibuster Cost America? Intelligencer 2/6/2021 Ed Kilgore As Democrats mull a reform or even an abolition of the hoary and disreputable institution of the Senate filibuster, it’s easy to confine the stakes of the debate to desirable legislative items that are currently front-and-center: reforming democracy, fighting climate change, and reforming health care, and other progressive goals that simply cannot get through Congress to Joe Biden’s desk because 41 senators can and will veto every one of them. Fundamentally, the filibuster (which really didn’t ...
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