This is such an excellent point that needs to be repeated.

…t any rule incentivizes compromise. The question is with whom does the rule incentivize compromise? Were the Senate governed by a majority rule, then legislators would need to negotiate with Senators in the middle of the ideological spectrum — Senators like Sinema and Manchin. But with the filibuster, legislators must negotiate with the most extreme. Indeed, we might as well call the “60-vote threshold” the “Mike Lee threshold”—since he’s the 41st …
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Jack Albrecht
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Jan 19, 2022
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This is such an excellent point that needs to be repeated. The filibuster makes the Senate MORE extreme, not less.
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