Cox Richardson on the filibuster

In her post yesterday she notes the following, that most Democrats:

"Expressed a wish to preserve at least some version of the filibuster, they are now all saying they might be willing to reform it. This might mean making election bills exempt from the filibuster the way financial bills are, or going back to the system in which stopping a measure actually required talking, rather than simply threatening to talk."

The question remains: Will establishment Dems actually act on filibuster reform? Or is that just more bluster that will fold as usual? If they do the latter they will lose elections going forward. If they do the former and at least exempt election bills from the filibuster they will win elections going forward. Even more importantly, it will reinstate democracy in our system or it will give fascism the upper hand. We the people in droves really must pressure Democrats to ACT on this. Our democracy literally hangs in the balance. And their actions will tell us if they really support democracy or if its just more talk.



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