How To Destroy the Filibuster

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7. What I mean is they had the opportunity to do so, whether Reid was successful in pursuading the

55 Democratic members of the Senate is another question. However, I don't think that even Reid was 100% sold on changing the filibuster rules in the days leading up to the start of the session. He seemed to be waffling on it himself. If he was firmly behind it, he could have told the public to call your Senator and let your voices be heard; let them know that they need to vote for a change to the filibuster rule. Instead he kept saying that he was reviewing the rules to see what they can do. Next thing we hear, he's pushing it off until the end of the month.