The filibuster should go. Its time has passed. I've become convinced of that.
An op-ed like this helps. (As does the quote from Alexander Hamilton, below the link, which is taken from the column.)
- I’m Not Actually Interested in Mitch McConnell’s Hypocrisy
- To make his case for the filibuster, he has essentially rewritten the history of the Senate.
Alex Ham's words:
"If a pertinacious minority can control the opinion of a majority, respecting the best mode of conducting it, the majority, in order that something may be done, must conform to the views of the minority; and thus the sense of the smaller number will overrule that of the greater, and give a tone to the national proceedings. Hence, tedious delays; continual negotiation and intrigue; contemptible compromises of the public good."
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