Once you open that Pandora's box, it is just a matter of time before a Senate leader who could not get his way on something moved to eliminate the filibuster for regular business as well and that simply put would be the end of the United States Senate.
Reid warned about the consequences of changing filibuster rules.
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Never in the history of the country, never in the history of the country have we produced more for a president and somebody that’s led his party than we’ve done together.
after a quarter of a century, Senator Glenn left the Senate, and here is what he said: ``Yeah, I'll miss it, sure. But you move on to other things. That's it.'' That was John Glenn. He moved on to other things. Until a couple of years ago…
The filibuster is nondemocratic. It has been used to the disarray of the Congress. And, certainly, it hasn’t been anything that has helped -- been helpful to the American people. It’s got to go.
Let ‘em do it. Why in the world would we care? We were trying to protect everybody.
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