It should happen today. It should have happened years ago. But it won't happen for at least eight more years.

Or in 2009.

They had even more chances to change it.

had the first majority.

However, if the Republicans take over the Senate, well then, watch that change happen in a heartbeat.

And actually call the republicans on their threatened filibusters and make them have to keep the Senate or House in session when they do, maybe the republicans wouldn't use it as a tool so much to derail things. It's pretty damn easy to say, no, I don't like that... Filibuster! on anything if you don't have to back it up.

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He messed this up and should have made the change at the beginning of the last session. Just think what the democrats could have accomplished.

Lost opportunity that could lose them the majority and possibly even the presidency.

It's hard to live up to my name sometimes especially on the heels of the WI loss.

I'm guessing the blue dogs will still vote with the Republicans a lot of the time.

The filibuster was intended to allow senators from distant states, where it might take days of horse or carriage travel to make it to philadelphia, to make it in due time & disallow the congress or senate from closing arguments & hearings & taking a vote, without all states having heard the arguments.
This hardly applies today, when congress knows within seconds to hours, via telephone or tv, what is going on. There is no need for filibuster rules as they are used today, & their current use circumvents what the founding fathers intended in the constitution, that 2/3 majority would rule (or half in other cases); they did not intend the minority party to rule from the bottom as republicans are using it today.

At least they could make it so that half the senate was necessary to block legislation - they'd still need 60 votes for 2/3 majority, but not always.