Allowing the filibuster to succeed, they say, would cause more damage than overriding Senate precedent to ensure it fails. There cannot be two sets of standards: one for the nominees of the Democratic president and another for the nominee of a Republican president.”But Democrats had shown no signs forsaking their filibuster plans all week. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyRepublicans have likewise taken particular pains to highlight what they deem escalations of hostilities by Democrats through the years. The longest-serving senator, Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, had initially said he was disinclined to embrace a filibuster. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“They have no interest in playing by the rules,” he said.

Source: New York Times April 06, 2017 09:00 UTC