Always up for others' points of view, my politically astute friend Gary Durrett recently commented on Facebook: "Dems don't have to kill the filibuster - they can simply do what McConnell did for Supreme Court confirmations: modify it to a specific need. If they want to pass HR 1, they can simply say that any legislation related to election/democracy just needs a simple majority. That gives political cover to people like Manchin & Sinema who want to retain the integrity of the filibuster (an oxymoron.)"
Always up for others' points of view, my politically astute friend Gary Durrett recently commented on Facebook: "Dems don't have to kill the filibuster - they can simply do what McConnell did for Supreme Court confirmations: modify it to a specific need. If they want to pass HR 1, they can simply say that any legislation related to election/democracy just needs a simple majority. That gives political cover to people like Manchin & Sinema who want to retain the integrity of the filibuster (an oxymoron.)"