Sinking Senate

While the Senate is indeed broken, preventing the minority from filibustering presidential nominees to the executive branch will make things worse by beginning to turn the Senate into the House, where the minority party has no power. The Senate must be a check on the House. Instead, force those wanting to filibuster to speak non-stop, with no breaks for any reason. Raising the cost of filibustering will reduce its use.

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