The filibuster... keep it or trash it?

[Midnightwalk]

6. We need to be able to pass more than one bill a year

through reconciliation.

That means either getting rid of the filibuster or changing reconciliation rules to allow more than one bill per year. I don’t know whether the fig leaf of the bill being spending/tax related really matters.

If the republicans get both chambers and the presidency they could wreak havoc without the filibuster, but they can repeal the filibuster at that point.

The filibuster is a silent veto by the minority in the senate. It is mostly anonymous and lets republicans stop legislation without the accountability of taking a vote. When a cloture vote does happen just enough republican senators in close states are allowed to make show votes to end the filibuster without actually ending it.

Most people wrongly assume legislation isn’t happening because both sides.

The country needs more than one bill per year. We need legislative accomplishments to show for midterms.