Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Filibuster norms have been highly unstable for 50+ years, there’s no actual tradition to conserve here, and none of the alternatives to majority rule have a normative basis that anyone can understand (which is one reason the norms keep changing). https://t.co/CqR2oNrIVy https://t.co/53Z8hMBX09 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 28, 2022 Hibernated

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Republicans coalescing around the idea that they can’t vote for bills they previously supported because Democrats are moving an unrelated reconciliation bill just further underscores that ultimately the filibuster needs to go. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 28, 2022 Hibernated

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Given the big GOP bias of the senate map, I think Republicans are ultimately more likely to deal the death blow (probably without much discussion or advance warning) but one way or the other it will happen. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 28, 2022 Hibernated