Senator Angus King (I – Maine) stated, during an interview on MSNBC, that he understood that the filibuster allows 41 Senators, representing as few as 27% of the US voting population, to stop legislation that 59 Senators, representing 73% of American voters, support...
Then he restated that he doesn't favor eliminating the filibuster, because there could be repercussions.
What repercussions?
Without the filibuster a bill either passes, or it doesn't, by a simple majority of Senators voting in the Senate. That's it!
Winning or losing with a simple majority, 51 – 49, is called Democracy.
There should be very few, Constitutionally defined, circumstances that require more than a simple majority vote to pass.
That simple. Eliminate the filibuster!
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