Senate Republicans say that the filibuster is “sacrosanct,” and won’t be gotten rid of even if former President Donald Trump reclaims the White House in November.
Speaking to reporters as they left a conference meeting about the upcoming Senate leadership election, Republicans said they would rebuff any efforts to overturn the filibuster.
The filibuster is a consistently divisive tool used by the Senate minority party to block the advancement of legislation deemed unacceptable by a member.
When a bill is filibustered, which effectively means the Senate is prevented from ending debate on the issue and moving to a floor vote, 60 votes—rather than a simple majority of 50—are needed to break the impasse….