Filibuster Reform: The Stakes for 2014
Posted on AllSides November 25th, 2013
From The Left
OPINION
The Senate Democrats' lond-deferred success in reforming the filibuster rule for executive branch and judicial appointments will have reverberations that are only gradually being appreciated. Not only will 76 long-blocked appointments -- a record -- now go forward in short order. Obama if he chooses will be able to appoint more robust progressives.