Democratic heavyweights Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and Chuck Schumer are all indicating that they will try to weaken or kill the Senate filibuster if their party wins big on Election Day.
Harris and Walz, who are at the top of the Democratic ticket for the 2024 election cycle, have each indicated they believe the filibuster needs to go, while Schumer suggested in August that he would move to eliminate it if Democrats can secure a Senate majority. The filibuster is a key Senate rule that requires 60 votes to pass most major legislation rather than a simple majority of 51, frustrating slim majorities looking to pass transformative laws by narrow margins.
Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY): "You will not stop us from passing [gun control]. If the filibuster obstructs us, we will abolish it. If the Supreme Court objects, we will expand it."
What happened to “defending democracy”? pic.twitter.com/wivfbkqPAo
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 2, 2022
Most recently, Walz suggested that he and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are on the same page when it comes to getting rid of the filibuster while the pair played video games on a Sunday live stream.
“I don’t know where you stand, but I’m going to guess you and I are probably the same on the filibuster,” Walz said during the stream.
“Oh yeah, we have got to get rid of that thing,” Ocasio-Cortez said in response. […]
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