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Feb 10th, 2021 3 min read COMMENTARY BY Legal Fellow, Meese Center Zack is a legal fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) listens during a news conference on District of Columbia statehood June 25, 2020. Alex Wong / Staff / Getty Images Key Takeaways Manchin, Sinema, and other senators are on record as being opposed to going “nuclear”—or eliminating—the legislative filibuster. This path would be the filibuste...

CBNFAITHNATION012621CC_HD1080_500.766_622 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, is joined by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., center, and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) 6226406300001 Pretty much in every place in the nation’s capital, the majority rules. The lone holdout is the U.S. Senate, which was created to be a slower, more deliberative body.  The filibuster slows things down by forcing the 100-member Senate to get 60 votes to move ahead on an issue.  In a Senate split 50-to-50, with Vice President Kamal...