On Filibusters, It's Groundhog Day in the Senate [View all]

[Pryderi]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-21/on-filibusters-its-groundhog-day-in-the-senate

In 1917, in response to aggressive filibustering, the Senate majority weakened the power but failed to get rid of it altogether. In 1975, the Senate chipped at the filibuster but again left it intact. After the inauguration, Senators Merkley, Udall, and Reid will meet with fellow Democrats to decide what to do before their day one finally ends. They will not just be trying to figure out how to protect their party, or its priorities. Unless they get rid of the filibuster altogether—which they won’t—they’re trying to figure out how to protect senators. All of them.