Time to bust the filibuster | Grist

23 Dec 2009 12:56 PM
by David Roberts

The now-routine use of the filibuster, which has put a default 60-vote requirement on legislation amounts to a fundamental change in U.S. governance—and not a positive change.

Here's Rachel Maddow with a clip which addresses the filibuster head-on, in her typically erudite and entertaining way.

Time to bust the filibuster | Grist