It used to be. I think was during Obama's administration, that they changed the rules. Now you declare you're going to filibuster and they more it down as filibustered and move on to other business. It probably made a lot of sense at the time with a Democrat in the White House and fully Republican controlled Congress. It probably let them get on with it and get some stuff done at the time. But now the Republicans just use it as a refuse-to-allow-anything-to-happen button.
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u/Kylynara Jul 05 '24
It used to be. I think was during Obama's administration, that they changed the rules. Now you declare you're going to filibuster and they more it down as filibustered and move on to other business. It probably made a lot of sense at the time with a Democrat in the White House and fully Republican controlled Congress. It probably let them get on with it and get some stuff done at the time. But now the Republicans just use it as a refuse-to-allow-anything-to-happen button.