Rachel Maddow has been waxing eloquent of late about what she considers “abuse” of the filibuster rule in the Senate by Republicans “obstructing” the legislative process.
She ignores the simple fact that there is a 60 vote filibuster proof Democratic majority in the Senate, making it mathematically impossible for the Republicans to maintain a filibuster on anything.
At worst, they can be accused of enabling Democratic party obstruction on any given bill. That said, she and...
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