Another shutdown crisis is set for the end of September. Once again, Chuck Schumer really doesn’t have any good options.

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Capitol Attitude Dems weigh eliminating filibuster, but most Americans have no idea how it actually works Most “filibusters” are invisible to the lay observer.

The debate over the future of the Senate filibuster has become a lightning rod in American politics. Democrats’ slim governing majority has proved detrimental to passing party priorities , and ...

The filibuster as a legislative tool was accidentally created in 1806, when the Senate, at the urging of Vice President Aaron Burr a year before, eliminated the "previous question" motion, ...

The filibuster always looks more attractive to the political party not in control. Harris has proposed eliminating the filibuster before. Harris, during her first run for president in 2019, ...

Democrats frustrated as fight over filibuster stalls power-sharing agreement in Senate By Ted Barrett , Manu Raju and Ali Zaslav , CNN 5 minute read ...

Abolishing the filibuster would go a small way toward restoring some reality to them. Go ahead, voters would say to new majorities. Give us what you promised. Let’s see what you’ve got.

If the filibuster were actually some venerable bulwark of democracy, enshrined in the Constitution and protecting good government, maybe a case for it could be made.