Politics

Harry Reid’s Filibuster Deal With Mitch McConnell Isn’t Reform

SENATE REFORM

The deal Harry Reid made with Mitch McConnell won’t stop any senator from gumming up the works. By David Freedlander.

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Have a seat, Mr. Smith—filibuster reform is dead.

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Despite the presence of perhaps the broadest coalition of activists ever assembled around a piece of parliamentary procedure, efforts to make the Senate return to an era of basic functionality came to naught when Senate Majority Leader Harry

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