Nisha Chittal | Mediaite
On Fox News Sunday yesterday, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) discussed the recent increase in filibustering in the Senate, and the possibility of changing filibuster rules in the new Congress next month.
Host Chris Wallace asked Durbin if Senate Democrats plan to attempt to change the filibuster rule in the new Congress in order to limit filibustering, especially considering that the number of cloture votes to end filibusters was exceptionally high in this year’s Congress.
“It’s a clear abuse of what was supposed to be a rarely used procedural option,” Durbin responded. “We need to put an end to secret holds in the United States Senate. That’s archaic, it’s wrong, we need more transparency.”
Watch the video from Fox’s News Sunday below:
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