On the recordMay 15, 2012
I now ask for its second reading but object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day.
I now ask for its second reading but object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day.
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The filibuster is going away. It is nothing that helps the country. It doesn’t help states. It doesn’t help individuals. It is on its way out. It’s a question of when it goes.
if some rule of the Senate stands in the way of getting that, making sure that every American has the right to vote and the vote counted, then we got to change that rule.
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.