senate” target=”_blank”>Senate< will keep the legislative filibuster if they take the chamber in the 2022 midterms, even as Senate senate are in the middle of an assault on the 60-vote threshold that applies to most bills.
“If we get the majority back, absolutely we’re going to preserve the legislative filibuster, as hard as it will be,” Thune told Fox News Digital in an interview. “For anything to be really enduring around here needs to be done in a bipartisan way with at least some level of cooperation from the other side. And that’s the essence of the Senate.”
“We understand that majorities flip. … You may be in the majority today but someday you’re going to be in the minority,” he said.
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Thune’s commitment is not the last word on if a GOP Senate majority would keep the filibuster. Other senators may have different opinions, and Sen. ted-cruz” target=”_blank”>Ted Cruz< repeatedly called upon the Republican Senate to do away with the filibuster, because he was frustrated that his complete agenda was not getting enacted and the process was slow.”
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She added: “Time and time again, the leaders, Republican leadership told him ‘no.’ So I think that’s a pretty good indication that we stand for principles, regardless of who is empowered.”
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in 2020. (ALEX EDELMAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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“When Trump was in the White House… and made repeated pleas to the Republican Senate to try and get rid of the filibuster, we resisted that. The reason we did is because we knew someday we would be in the minority,” Thune said.
Democrats’ latest effort to defang the filibuster appears destined to fail, with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Thursday doubling down on her support for the practice. But Republicans are warning that if top Democrats do eventually succeed in their mission, they may regret it quickly.
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“The Democrats are going to rue the day. If they go forward with this, they are going to rue the day because the nuclear winter that will ensue in the Senate if they move forward with this is, it’s just going to be, it will completely paralyze the Senate,” Thune said.
