Posted by (+3157) one year ago
The present Senate Filibuster, a gross anomaly of the original, where a Senator could delay a vote as long as he was addressing the Senate body, is destroying this country. We cannot have a productive and effective democracy when 41 Senators are in absolute control of congress.
I understand why the founders of this democracy set up the legislative branch as it did. They set it up with the House of Representatives based upon population. They provided for equality in the Senate with two senators for each state. However, they provided nothing in the Constitution that legitimizes any political maneuver, like a filibuster, to allow a minority of states to be in absolute control of one of the branches of government, the congress.
When you do the math, you find that the present 41 Senators only represent about 24 percent of the population. Because we are in a state with a small population and therein part of the 24 percent in control, some may feel this is just fine. However, when a senator can declare a filibuster and then he or she, and their party, just leave to go have cocktails, it is untenable. The filibuster may very well lead to an ugly end to our Democratic Republic.
I understand why the founders of this democracy set up the legislative branch as it did. They set it up with the House of Representatives based upon population. They provided for equality in the Senate with two senators for each state. However, they provided nothing in the Constitution that legitimizes any political maneuver, like a filibuster, to allow a minority of states to be in absolute control of one of the branches of government, the congress.
When you do the math, you find that the present 41 Senators only represent about 24 percent of the population. Because we are in a state with a small population and therein part of the 24 percent in control, some may feel this is just fine. However, when a senator can declare a filibuster and then he or she, and their party, just leave to go have cocktails, it is untenable. The filibuster may very well lead to an ugly end to our Democratic Republic.