Filibuster News

The Senate isn't meeting this week (but the House of Representatives is). Monday is the day it is due to return - and the issue of the Filibuster is likely to come up. Common Cause has an article about the issue on its website - accessible here. There are links to a number of useful pro-reform resources.

One of the key arguments put forward by those who don't want any reform - is that the Filibuster has been a key tool to protect the rights of the minority against the majority. Reformers point out that the current use of the tool is very different from the principled (and romantic) use of the filibuster, which is fondly remembered from the film "Mr Smith Goes to Washington".

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