12/2/25

During the government shutdown, President Trump kept pushing for Republicans to end the filibuster, if for only as a one-off for the shutdown. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. The filibuster is there to prevent one party from ruling by fiat when they hold just a slim majority in the Senate that could be for as little as two years. No matter which side of the aisle you sit on, at some point you’ll be glad that it takes a 60-vote majority to pass legislation. Can you imagine the damage that could be done with an extremist-dominated red or blue party and only 51 votes?  The filibuster exists to get consensus by a real majority, consisting of left, right and center.