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Senate in 2006 there's been a huge spike in how often the filibuster is used. now for the first time in u.s. history forcing the 60-vote super majorities. for routine senate business. are you still awake? are you still awake? it's very important. now that senator udall and senator tom harkin and senator shaheen are sponsoring legislation to change senate rules so a tiny minority cannot thwart the will of the majority anymore, it's important to keep people interested in how important that is. to that end we're trying some rebranding. we need to replace the admittedly soporific problem descripti...

Radical way. let's bring out the chart, okay. since republicans lost the senate in 2006, there's been this huge spike in how often the filibuster is used. now for the first time in u.s. history, forcing the 60-vote supermajorities for routine senate business. are you still awake?! are you still awake?! it's very important. now that senator udall and senators tom harkin and senator shaheen are sponsoring legislation to change senate rules so that a tiny minority can now thwart the will of the majority anymore, it's important to keep people interested in how important this is. to that end, we're...

For months we here at the ra rachel maddow show have been driving friends and family members even occasional people on the subway crazy about our passion about a topic that is vitally important to how our government works or doesn't. it's the filibuster problem, the political jujitsu move by which a minority of senators can block legislation they don't like, threatening to expand debate on it indefinitely until 60% -- i recognize that it's not easy to hear about over and over again. i can't even make it exciting even as excited about it as i am. and that's the problem, because we are smack in ...

Democratic party last december. the nrcc just slimed one of their own. assume the position, newby. >> thank you, sir, may i have another? >> and congressman griffith, you might want to consider some permanent i.d. >> thank you very much, kent. >> sure. >> a lot weird going on in alabama's fifth district. >> a little bit. >> we started the show tonight on a desperate quest to make the country interested in the critically important but boringly named problem that is the filibuster. our quest evolved almost immediately into a new exciting all new and improved name for the filibuster problem. the ...

Reform, getting rid of tax shelters and republicans wanted lower tax rates so they were able to come together. the key thing is, what do the blue dog democrats want? and the key thing would they be able to bring along eight democrats in the senate so you don't have to have the filibuster problem? >> the answer is no. it will be watered down, weak tea, not like the robust tax cut we got under ronald reagan. david: mark, one thing the democrats got this week was a wakeup call. the obstructionism just being against any kind of tax cuts is not helping them at the polls. >> the thing is, david, we ...