Opinion | Sen. Thom Tillis: I'm a GOP senator. Why I'm writing to praise a Democratic colleague. - NBCNewsTHINK
If Democrats had eliminated the filibuster, there would have been no attempt to find common ground on infrastructure or other critical issues. It doesn’t necessarily make legislating easy, but it is getting members of both parties in the same room to work together for the good of the nation, as our Founding Fathers intended.
Thankfully, instead of backing down like nearly all her colleagues, Sinema has doubled down on her principles, the filibuster included. In a recent, she made it clear that requiring consensus and compromise is a more noble long-term objective than rushing through the short-term partisan desires of Washington Democrats. It’s also a position that makes sense. Sinema is absolutely right in arguing that “once in a majority, it is tempting to believe you will stay in the majority.
Republicans will again control both the White House and Congress, and sooner rather than later. If Senate Democrats get their way and end the filibuster, that means every single one of their progressive legislative victories could be immediately rescinded by the new GOP majority. After that, Republicans could pass a bold conservative agenda without the need for a single Democratic vote. This would likely include passing a national right-to-work law to curb the influence of big labor unions, defunding Planned Parenthood and sanctuary cities, and eliminating burdensome restrictions on Second Amendment rights. That’s just for starters.
However, with Sinema and Manchin rejecting the coordinated pressure campaign, bipartisan support to pass any legislation is likely to remain a requirement. As Sinema wrote, “Instability, partisanship and tribalism continue to infect our politics. The solution, however, is not to continue weakening our democracy’s guardrails. If we eliminate the Senate’s 60-vote threshold, we will lose much more than we gain.
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