What the History of the Senate Actually Says About the Talking Filibuster

Establishment Republicans, the media, and others have argued that the use of the talking filibuster amounts to breaking the Senate's tradition of deliberation and its 60-vote threshold. This could not be further from the case. The post What the History of the Senate Actually Says About the Talking Filibuster appeared first on Breitbart.


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