{"id":1172635,"date":"2021-12-30T12:49:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172635"},"modified":"2021-12-30T12:49:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:49:33","slug":"dick-durbin-demands-filibuster-reform-has-to-be-done-heres-what-he-said-when-his-party-was-out-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dick-durbin-demands-filibuster-reform-has-to-be-done-heres-what-he-said-when-his-party-was-out-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Durbin Demands Filibuster Reform: \u2018Has To Be Done.\u2019 Here\u2019s What He Said When His Party Was Out Of Power."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdick-durbin-demands-filibuster-reform-has-to-be-done-heres-what-he-said-when-his-party-was-out-of-power%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172635&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-most-powerful Democratic senator, called for filibuster reform \u201cfor the good of this country,\u201d a drastic change from his stance on the filibuster when Democrats were in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill posted a video on Twitter of Durbin discussing the filibuster and calling for reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has to be done for the good of this country,\u201d Durbin said, adding that it could be done if all Democrats and maybe even some Republicans agree to reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the current Republican leadership, we\u2019ve seen more filibusters, more obstruction ever in the history of the Senate. Nothing even close to it,\u201d Durbin continued.<\/p>\n<p>This is flat out false. Democrats have controlled the Senate since January 2021 \u2013 less than a year \u2013 and have faced nowhere near the number of filibusters that President Donald Trump and Republicans faced last year.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-says-he-supports-ending-filibuster-cites-abusive-use-by-democrats-during-trump-term\">reported<\/a> in March, President Joe Biden decried how the filibuster had been \u201cabused\u201d 250 times last year. Last year, of course, was 2020; Trump was president and Republicans controlled the Senate, meaning it was <em>Democrats<\/em> who \u201cabused\u201d the filibuster, according to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/06\/08\/senate-record-breaking-gridlocktrump-303811\">reported<\/a> at the time that the Senate engaged in \u201crecord-breaking\u201d gridlock under Trump. During Trump\u2019s four years in office, Democrats put forth 314 cloture votes to block Trump\u2019s agenda and nominees. In former President Barack Obama\u2019s eight years in office (six of which saw Republicans as the minority party in the Senate), he faced just 175 cloture votes.<\/p>\n<p>In the video posted Wednesday, Durbin said, \u201cIf we don\u2019t change the rules to go back to a Senate that truly debates and legislates and responds to the needs of America, then it\u2019s going to be a great misfortune for this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Durbin on filibuster reform: \u201cIt has to be done for the good of this country. [\u2026] If we don\u2019t change the rules to go back to a Senate that truly debates and legislates and responds to the needs of America, then it\u2019s going to be a great misfortune for this country.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xIDL6kIPbA\">pic.twitter.com\/xIDL6kIPbA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1476238835487019008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durbin in March, just two months after Democrats took control of the Senate, started arguing for filibuster reform, which for those advocating for it, means doing away with the minority party\u2019s ability to block legislation and force the Senate to actually compromise and come up with a solution that would actually gain at least some bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe filibuster is still making a mockery of American democracy. The filibuster is still being misused by some senators to block legislation urgently needed and supported by a strong majority of the American people,\u201d Durbin <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/543298-no-2-senate-democrat-torches-filibuster\">said<\/a> during a floor speech in March.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, in 2018, when Durbin and Democrats were the minority party, the number two Democrat fiercely <em>defended<\/em> the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be the end of the Senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our founding fathers. We have to acknowledge our respect for the minority, and that is what the Senate tries to do in its composition and in its procedure,\u201d Durbin said during an appearance on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get this done on a bipartisan basis,\u201d he said at the time.&nbsp; \u201cWe\u2019ve produced a bipartisan approach to many of these issues. If the president and the leaders in Congress will sit down with us, we can resolve this quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>&nbsp;member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-most-powerful Democratic senator, called for filibuster reform \u201cfor the good of this country,\u201d a drastic change from his stance on the filibuster when Democrats were in the minority. The Hill posted a video on Twitter of Durbin discussing the filibuster and calling for reform. \u201cIt has to be done for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}