Previous Senate majorities of both parties defanged the filibuster to help them confirm nominees by a president from their party. Democrats did, indeed, win the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress, albeit wafer-thin ones. But if they think that eliminating the filibuster will give them the keys to the policy kingdom, they're missing the point. Eliminating the filibuster will empower Republican majorities just as surely as Democratic ones. So it's silly to think that changing Senate rules would favor one party's agenda over the others.

Source: Daily Sun January 25, 2021 17:14 UTC