Democrats should kill the filibuster

In politics there is a time to compromise, and there is a time to fight. For Democrats the time has come to fight Republican obstruction in Congress. The Wall Street Journal reports that “most bills require a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate”. The idea of a “supermajority” is ridiculous; a majority is a majority, and with Vice President Harris as a potential tie-breaking vote Democrats hold the majority.

They should use their majority to fix America’s roads, bridges, and other infrastructure; to extend and protect voting rights, and to bolster education in American history and government civics. In the Declaration of Independence one of the grievances against George III says: “He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good”. For too long Republicans have blocked bills for the public good. Ending the filibuster would produce bipartisanship as the minority would have an interest in helping to craft legislation the majority would pass anyway. Elections have consequences, and Democrats hold the White House and Congress. They should move forward with beneficial legislation with or without the broken and backward Republican Party.