Dick Durbin should be arrested for impersonating a U.S. senator. His latest violation is to ask supporters to sign up for filibuster reform!!
The American people are sick of process blocking progress. They’re fed up with an arbitrary tradition that allows a minority of Senators to prevent popular, much- needed legislation from even coming to a vote. Frankly, so am I.
I love the “frankly.” It means he’s levelling with us.
When our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and drafted the initial rules of the Senate, they never intended requiring a supermajority to pass any and all legislation. They just wanted to be sure that Senators took time to carefully debate and consider bills before taking votes. That’s why I urge you to support the Harkin-Shaheen proposal, or similar filibuster reform proposals.
Such devotion to the founders. When is the nuclear option a reform? When Dems have trouble getting what they want.