Is the filibuster a drag on democracy?

Posted on AllSides August 28th, 2019
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To scrap or not to scrap? Lawmakers are again wrestling with that recurrent, abiding question about the filibuster, the wonky Senate procedure that some say is a key agent of obstruction in Congress.

President Donald Trump has placed himself squarely in Camp Scrap, urging Senate Republicans to get rid of the filibuster so that the GOP can muscle through legislation on controversial issues like immigration without needing bipartisan support.

Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a similar case earlier this month in a New York Times...

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