The vice president recently argued that Senate Republicans should abolish the filibuster because Democrats will do it when they can. He attributes Senate Republicans' hesitancy to a delusion that Democrats lack the will to do so. With respect to the President of the Senate, this fundamentally misapprehends the thinking of the filibuster die-hards. They have no illusions about Democrats but are intent on taking a principled stand that best reflects conservative legislative interests.
The vice president stated, “Many of my friends (and former colleagues) in the Senate are against eliminating the filibuster because they don't think the Democrats will do
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