Under siege is the filibuster, the longstanding Senate tradition requiring 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to advance a bill, effectively allowing the minority party to block legislation. “I think that that’s something that we should seriously consider,” O’Rourke told reporters on the campaign trail in New Hampshire earlier this week. Last month, Booker told NPR that he didn’t favor eliminating the filibuster. Trump himself has called for an end to the filibuster, only to be met with opposition from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Don’t take anything off the table,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said when recently asked on the presidential campaign trail about scrapping the filibuster.

Source: Fox News March 21, 2019 19:07 UTC