usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoKamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rightswww.wpr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down15
arrow-up1422arrow-down1external-linkKamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rightswww.wpr.orgusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarevirku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIs there really any logical reason why one voter should be allowed to block the entire process like that? The whole filibuster concept is the strangest part of US politics to me.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoFunctionally, there really isn’t. The only reason it still exists at all is because “tradition.”
minus-squarefadedmaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI could see how it would be an affordable way to attention to a problematic bill (if it was still done as @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world stated).
Is there really any logical reason why one voter should be allowed to block the entire process like that? The whole filibuster concept is the strangest part of US politics to me.
Functionally, there really isn’t. The only reason it still exists at all is because “tradition.”
I could see how it would be an affordable way to attention to a problematic bill (if it was still done as @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world stated).