Flashback: Schumer slammed Republicans for attempting to ‘change the rules’ on the filibuster in 2003
senate” target=”_blank”>Senate<, D-N.Y., is leading an effort in the Senate to peel back the filibuster after fiercely defending the 60-vote rule as a way to bring “balance” to the upper chamber. Schumer in 2003 – when the Senate had a very narrow GOP majority – gave a spirited defense of Democrats using the filibuster on…