rightwinger
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I think any filibuster that the Senators are not willing to stand up at the podium and EXTEND THE DEBATE on the bill they are concerned about is AN ABUSE of the filibuster.
A filibuster IS SUPPOSE TO BE a measure that allows the minority voices to be heard..... to extend the DEBATE on a bill.
If the pussies are using the filibuster merely as a back door means to stop legislation of the majority from being passed, if they are solely being , without standing up and speaking to the senate on the senate floor, as the filibuster was designed....then they are abusing the filibuster imo.....no matter which side of the aisle they are on....
the filibuster is for EXTENDED DEBATE, not to just shelf a bill.
Filibuster has been abused to the point where a 60% majority is needed for any legislation to pass. The Constitution is very clear about a 51% majority vote needed to pass legislation. The result has been a deadlocked Congress unable to pass anything.
There needs to be some political consequence attached to a filibuster. It used to be that you actually had to speak the whole filibuster. The filibuster would Peter out and a vote would be eventually be held