McConnell & Filibuster: Advocating Senate Power-Sharing Agreement

The Senate could be headed for a showdown over the legislative filibuster sooner than many had expected.

On Wednesday — after President-elect Joe Biden, two new Democratic senators from Georgia, and one new Democratic senator from California are all sworn in — Republicans will lose their Senate majority. One of the first orders of business in the new 50–50 Senate will be a power-sharing agreement that will govern how committees are run and how resources are allocated. In an email sent to GOP colleagues on Monday night, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell wrote that he wanted the deal to protect the Senate’s legislative filibuster — the 60-vote threshold required to pass most legislation.

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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The Senate could be headed for a showdown over the legislative filibuster sooner than many had expected.

On Wednesday — after President-elect Joe Biden, two new Democratic senators from Georgia, and one new Democratic senator from California are all sworn in — Republicans will lose their Senate majority. One of the first orders of business in the new 50–50 Senate will be a power-sharing agreement that will govern how committees are run and how resources are allocated. In an email sent to GOP colleagues on Monday night, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell wrote that he wanted the deal to protect the Senate’s legislative filibuster — the 60-vote threshold required to pass most legislation.