General Discussion

are supposed to be about majority rules, not the minority can stop the majority. And if members of either party have once advocating keeping the filibuster, who wouldn't if the rule is on the books? But we well know, and have known for years, that the filibuster creates roadblocks to progress and is the reason why the Senate is broken. Nothing can get done.

If Sinema and Manchin hadn't insisted on 60 votes to pass the BBB bill and the voting rights bills, the benefits of all of those bills would've been flowing to the nation for several months and voters would've realized that the Democratic administration was responsible for all of the benefits coming to them and our chances of keeping our Congressional majorities would be very high.

Now with the filibuster denying the BBB and voting rights bills, most likely we will lose our majorities in the mid-terms and all of Biden's agenda will be stalled and nothing will be accomplished for the last two years of his term.

Good governance that provides benefits to the commonweal should be rewarded by the voters, not thwarted by an antiquate rule designed to keep non-whites down and in their place. The filibuster needs to go.