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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the Democrats in the Senate don't change the filibuster rule
the GOP will do it the very first day of their next majority.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,741 posts)They did it for judicial votes, but not for bills. I wonder why not?
Fullduplexxx
(8,220 posts)Bev54
(11,912 posts)and don't need to break a filibuster to do that, as they have shown, they need the filibuster to prevent the dems from governing.
In It to Win It
(9,436 posts)They didnt need to nuke the filibuster for tax cuts and one thing that required the filibuster proof majority was SCOTUS confirmations, and they nuked the filibuster when they had to.
If they want something as bad as they want a SCOTUS seat, theyll nuke the filibuster.
erronis
(16,777 posts)so they decided which pieces they would obstruct then, and which pieces now.
This is nothing about governing. It is about playing a deadly game of checkers with an opponent who can/will throw the pieces off the board if they are losing.
doc03
(36,593 posts)Locutusofborg
(540 posts)Who want to preserve the filibuster for when the opposition is in the majority.