filibuster

Republicans would be dumb and hurt the country by breaking the filibuster.

Mills wants to keep the filibuster, which would likely mean no Democratic president could pass meaningful legislation to improve people’s lives.

But Republicans were able to block the bill in the Senate, even though it had majority support, due to that chamber’s filibuster rules.

Congress’ positions on procedural issues, such as raising the debt ceiling or eliminating the filibuster, also increasingly depend not on bedrock principles but on who occupies the White House.

They argue they passed a "clean CR" — a temporary funding bill — and blame the gridlock on Democrats wielding the "filibuster," the 60-vote threshold required to get legislation through the 100-member Senate.