The rules of a filibuster are simple enough. You keep the floor as long as you hold the floor. What does that mean? It meansyou can't stop talking ever. This is known as the talking filibuster reform rit maybe that would be a useful change. Activists got pretty excited about this when mansion said he was open to it. He still wants, you know, a 60 vote threshold for advancing a bill. And cinema doesn't publicly speak out as much about this, but she reiterated this month, reportedly, that she still was not going to do anything to get rid of the 60 vote threshold.
President Joe Biden wants to change how the Senate works to pass voting reforms. Sen. Mitch McConnell is threatening hell if it happens.
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