![]() Progressives have launched a sustained assault on the filibuster as a racist anachronism that allows a minority of senators to hijack the will of the American public by holding up legislation until a supermajority of 60 votes can be mustered to end debate. (Vice President Kamala Harris breaks ties.) The filibuster rule appears to have received a stay of execution: Two Democrats have indicated that they won’t lend the votes needed to abolish it.īut the debate will return. This might seem like a moment for modesty, but one of the new Senate’s first debates was whether Democrats should move to end the filibuster and push their agenda through on a simple majority. The divisions are reflected in a Senate split between 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats. ![]() ![]() ![]() One thing Americans can probably agree on right now is that Americans don’t agree on much of anything. ![]()
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