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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas voting and abortion laws lead to renewed calls for filibuster reform in Congress
Senate Democrats are once again looking to change or abolish the filibuster a procedure that requires most big pieces of legislation to obtain at least 60 votes in the chamber after Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Tuesday restricting voting rights.
Its pretty simple: unless we get rid of the filibuster, were going to sit around admiring a lot of problems and sending a lot of tweets. Instead, we should get something done, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., tweeted on Tuesday morning.
In addition to their stalled efforts to expand voting rights at the federal level, congressional Democrats are heading into a fall session featuring a slew of major liberal priorities.
Klobuchar is part of a group of Democratic senators who have been in talks all year about how to reach agreement on a voting rights bill that would draw support from all 50 Democrats and potentially some Republicans. Klobuchar has also been outspoken in calling for an end to the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, not just to pass voting rights laws but also to counter laws like the one in Texas that recently all but eliminated access to legal abortions.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-voting-and-abortion-laws-lead-to-renewed-calls-for-filibuster-reform-in-congress/ar-AAOcfM4
questionseverything
(9,631 posts)Getting rid of the filibuster is the simple answer to our problems
crickets
(25,896 posts)David__77
(23,220 posts)Sounds like the new mainstream Democratic position.