National Catholic Reporter: It's time to kill the filibuster before it kills the democracy.

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https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/editorial-all-we-really-needed-know-about-filibuster-we-learned-kindergarten

The filibuster was devised to make sure the minority in the Senate is heard. Hearing from the minority is one thing and allowing the minority to block all legislative action is another. And that is precisely what McConnell and his acolytes have done, use the filibuster to essentially shut down the legislative branch of government.

The ends for which the United States government was created are set forth in the preamble to the Constitution: form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, you know the list. To meet those ends, the founders set up a government in which the consent of the governed is the source of all authority, mediated through constitutional provisions to prevent any tyranny by the majority, while nonetheless granting to the majority the right and the responsibility to pursue those enumerated ends for which the government was established.

So, we ask Republicans: How does refusing to make it easier for Americans to vote serve to "establish justice" or "insure domestic tranquility"? How does it "promote the general welfare" to refuse to enact universal child care? Are the "blessings of liberty" secured by denying gay men and women the same rights as every other citizen? Which end of government is enhanced when the richest people in the country pay no taxes whatsoever?

It is time to kill the filibuster before it kills our democracy.

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