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Dear Action Line: I’m guessing this came up at some point during the recent Durango City Council election vote counting. What happens if there’s a tie? It’s of course incredibly unlikely, but we a...
Abolish the Filibuster Now Sen. Joe Manchin walks on the Senate side of the Capitol building on March 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images By Did you know the Senate filibuster as it is currently comprised came to exist because of a sloppy mistake made by an iconic killer some 207 years ago? It’s true. A few months after putting Alexander Hamilton into the ground with a shot from a Wogdon & Barton dueling pistol, Aaron Burr decided the Senate rule book required revision. “In a careless effort to remove what he thought was redundant language,”...