Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) said today that the Senate needs filibuster reform in order to overcome the “braindead partisanship” that is preventing it from getting anything done.
On MSNBC, Bayh said “we need to look at the filibuster and reform” it in order to stop partisan deadlock in the Senate.
He also referenced the Civil Rights-era Senate tenure of his father, Sen. Birch Bayh, when “the filibuster was being used to frustrate some basic fundamental equities in this country.” In response, the vote total needed to break a filibuster was lowered from 67 votes to 60.
“Perhaps the threshold should be lowered once again,” he said, adding that 55 might be the right number.
