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LonePirate

(13,844 posts)
Tue Jun 22, 2021, 06:02 PM Jun 2021

Will Republicans eliminate the filibuster the nest time they control the Senate?


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Yes
17 (81%)
No
2 (10%)
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2 (10%)
Dems will eliminate it first
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Will Republicans eliminate the filibuster the nest time they control the Senate? (Original Post) LonePirate Jun 2021 OP
If they're convinced that their hold is permanent, Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #1
Permanent One-party Repub rule is their goal... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #8
Of course they will. Then they will pass strict ... Whiskeytide Jun 2021 #2
I believe they would. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #3
No, but they'll simply ignore all Democrats' attempts at filibuster Orrex Jun 2021 #4
I hope they never will. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2021 #5
repubs have never had trouble finding enough dems to go along rampartc Jun 2021 #6
Unsure Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #7
No, the filibuster was already removed to do the things they like to do Johonny Jun 2021 #9
The next time they control the Senate... if they ever do... albacore Jun 2021 #10

Crunchy Frog

(26,892 posts)
1. If they're convinced that their hold is permanent,
Tue Jun 22, 2021, 06:09 PM
Jun 2021

and they need to eliminate it in order to advance their agenda.

If they have permanent one party rule, then they won't need to have another party able to interfere with their agenda.

Whiskeytide

(4,503 posts)
2. Of course they will. Then they will pass strict ...
Tue Jun 22, 2021, 06:18 PM
Jun 2021

… voter suppression laws and a process to undo inconvenient election results when the suppression is not enough. And then their Supreme Court will uphold those laws. It’s not complicated to see where they’re going.

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
6. repubs have never had trouble finding enough dems to go along
Tue Jun 22, 2021, 07:58 PM
Jun 2021

so they won't need to eliminate the filibuster.

Mad_Machine76

(24,770 posts)
7. Unsure
Tue Jun 22, 2021, 08:05 PM
Jun 2021

If there is a non-reconciliation/non-judge bill McConnell wants passed, he certainly won't let anything stand in his way. However, whether or not he gets rid of it would also depend on who is President. He would be most likely to do it under another Republican President (if he lives/stays in the Senate for another one). If the Democrats end the filibuster, he would of course never reinstate it but not sure what they would do with that. I actually support Al Franken/Norm Ornstein's idea of requiring 41 votes to enable/continue a filibuster. The Republicans are so lazy that they wouldn't be able to last more than a day or two (and they know it). The idea that Senators can just refuse to allow cloture and require the MAJORITY to find 60 votes to end a filibuster blockade is an outright perversion of democracy.

Johonny

(21,869 posts)
9. No, the filibuster was already removed to do the things they like to do
Tue Jun 22, 2021, 09:35 PM
Jun 2021

confirm judges and pass spending/tax cuts.

The filibuster's job is to prevent democrats from making people's lives better so it's working just great for them.

albacore

(2,565 posts)
10. The next time they control the Senate... if they ever do...
Tue Jun 22, 2021, 10:09 PM
Jun 2021

..it's Game Fucking Over for this country.

Name one good thing that Repubs have done in the last 40 years.

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