The Resilience of the Filibuster and its Myths

07/04/2021 54 min
The Resilience of the Filibuster and its Myths

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Episode Synopsis

Democrats have full control of government but the Senate filibuster is blocking large agenda items. How likely is reform and what would it look like? What does the filibuster's resilience say about the role of partisanship in policymaking? Sarah Binder of George Washington University and the Brookings Institution has long been tracking the filibuster and attempts at reform. She sets the record straight on a special conversational edition.