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Abolishing the filibuster is about power, not anti-racism

by James Wallner
April 30, 2021
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issues: Federal Government Affairs, Governance, Restoring the First Branch
originally published in HotAir
From HotAir:

Today, the filibuster is also something of a scapegoat. As James Wallner, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, wrote for Reason in January, there are plenty of other ways for the minority to use the Senate’s rules to hold up legislation. Abolishing the filibuster will merely change the dynamics of this debate, but it won’t end it.

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