General Discussion

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.