There's been some drama in the Senate with Chuck Schumer not agreeing to a power sharing agreement with Mitch McConnell over who controls the Senate committees. Mitch wants Chuck to ensure that no changes to the filibuster will be made before voting on this. Right now, Republicans still are the chars of each respective committee, even with a Democratic Senate majority. This made a lot of people think: Are Democrats seriously considering nuking the filibuster?
For those of you who don't know, the filibuster makes it so 60 members of the Senate are required to end debate on most topics and move to a vote. Most of the Democratic agenda won't get 10 Republican votes. Dems can still nominate judges/justices, pass budgetary legislation through reconciliation, and give Biden his Cabinet, but not much more with the current filibuster in place.
Senators like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema say that they want to keep it, so they would have to be convinced first. If Mitch blocks literally everything the Democrats want to do, it's possible that they could come around. If Republicans gain a trifecta, they could pass legislation even if all Democrats object with no filibuster in place.
Also to note, President Biden does not currently support abolishing the filibuster, but Obama recently came around and called it a "Jim Crow relic" when he spoke at John Lewis's funeral. Biden wants bipartisanship, but I have a hard time imagining Republicans wanting most of his agenda.
My question is: Do you think the Dems will actually go through and get rid of the filibuster before the 2022 elections? It's been suggested many times before, but it's earned plenty of skeptics among more conservative Democrats.
For those of you who don't know, the filibuster makes it so 60 members of the Senate are required to end debate on most topics and move to a vote. Most of the Democratic agenda won't get 10 Republican votes. Dems can still nominate judges/justices, pass budgetary legislation through reconciliation, and give Biden his Cabinet, but not much more with the current filibuster in place.
Senators like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema say that they want to keep it, so they would have to be convinced first. If Mitch blocks literally everything the Democrats want to do, it's possible that they could come around. If Republicans gain a trifecta, they could pass legislation even if all Democrats object with no filibuster in place.
Also to note, President Biden does not currently support abolishing the filibuster, but Obama recently came around and called it a "Jim Crow relic" when he spoke at John Lewis's funeral. Biden wants bipartisanship, but I have a hard time imagining Republicans wanting most of his agenda.
My question is: Do you think the Dems will actually go through and get rid of the filibuster before the 2022 elections? It's been suggested many times before, but it's earned plenty of skeptics among more conservative Democrats.