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Dick Durbin Throws Weight Behind Effort To Reform Filibuster
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| Contributor | excelsior |
| Last Edited | excelsior Feb 13, 2010 04:27pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Greg Sargent |
| News Date | Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Okay, this could be significant: Senator Dick Durbin is now throwing his weight behind a new effort to reform the filibuster, a move that could give it a boost, given Durbin’s clout as a senior member of the Dem leadership.
Durbin spokesman Joe Shoemaker confirms to me that the Senator supports the new effort, which was unveiled yesterday by Senators Tom Harkin and Jeanne Shaheen.
The Harkin proposal would officially amend the process by which a filibuster is broken, allowing a four-step process that could eventually allow it to be broken by a majority vote. The first vote would require 60 votes to break the filibuster, followed by motions requiring 57, 54, and finally, 51 votes.
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