- The filibuster's intended purpose, a forum of rebellion or debate on a controversial law, can be achieved using modified debate formats. The filibuster can be entirely discarded without losing its purpose https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/the-history-of-the-filibuster/ 11 comments moderatepolitics
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- Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-the-man-who-broke-america/2017/04/07/8e12f1d8-1bbd-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html 3267 comments
- Opinion | Mitch McConnell undid 213 years of Senate history in 33 minutes - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-undid-213-years-of-senate-history-in-33-minutes/2019/04/03/58b3eaca-565c-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html 1651 comments
- If Biden Wins, Democrats Must Lean In to Partisanship - The American Prospect https://prospect.org/politics/if-biden-wins-democrats-must-lean-in-to-partisanship/ 562 comments
- Joe Manchin Falsely Says Filibuster Has Existed 232 Years https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/joe-manchin-falsely-says-filibuster-has-existed-232-years.html 324 comments
- Mitch McConnell is wrong. Here’s the filibuster’s ‘racial history.’ - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/24/mitch-mcconnell-is-wrong-heres-filibusters-racial-history/ 249 comments
- A short history of the filibuster: Rarely a tool for good — and never a tool of democracy | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2021/03/14/a-short-history-of-the-filibuster-rarely-a-tool-for-good--and-never-a-tool-of-democracy/ 177 comments
- The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist - The American Prospect https://prospect.org/politics/senate-has-forfeited-its-right-to-exist-uvalde-school-shooting/ 122 comments
- McConnell is already moving to strangle the Biden presidency | The Week https://theweek.com/articles/962414/mcconnell-already-moving-strangle-biden-presidency 122 comments
- Joe Manchin’s filibuster demands might end up making Republican obstruction even worse | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2021/03/20/joe-manchins-filibuster-demands-might-end-up-making-republican-obstruction-even-worse/ 101 comments
- Most US states don't have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries https://theconversation.com/most-us-states-dont-have-a-filibuster-nor-do-many-democratic-countries-156093 73 comments
- Opinion | Seth Moulton: Abolish the filibuster and the electoral college - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/abolish-the-filibuster-and-the-electoral-college/2019/03/12/ac9bc0f2-44d9-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html 66 comments
- Joe Biden’s reforming agenda at risk of dying a slow death in Congress | US politics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/12/joe-biden-reforming-agenda-slow-death-congress 49 comments
- A bipartisan January 6 commission failed to pass the Senate. Democrats will now try for a House select committee instead. - Vox https://www.vox.com/2021/5/29/22459614/commission-bipartisan-january-6-democrats-select-committee 42 comments
- Opinion | Harry Reid: The Filibuster Is Suffocating the Will of the American People - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/opinion/harry-reid-filibuster.html 33 comments
- Fact-checking Manchin on the filibuster | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/manchin-filibuster-fact-check/index.html 32 comments
- The Fake History of the Filibuster Won’t Die https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/fake-history-senate-filibuster-sinema-founders-constitution.html 28 comments
- Opinion | How Democrats Should Fight For Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Seat - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-senate-democrats.html 26 comments
- Opinion | I’m Not Actually Interested in Mitch McConnell’s Hypocrisy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster.html 25 comments
- Obama Couldn’t Fix the System. Biden Must. - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/democracy-building-obama-didnt-do-and-biden-must/614953/ 18 comments
- The Senate Filibuster Is a Monument to White Supremacy - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/senate-filibuster-monument-white-supremacy/613579/ 14 comments
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