{"id":920743,"date":"2021-10-25T13:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T17:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=920743"},"modified":"2021-10-25T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T17:44:44","slug":"sen-king-calls-for-filibuster-reform-veers-from-democrats-on-outright-abolishing-the-senate-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-king-calls-for-filibuster-reform-veers-from-democrats-on-outright-abolishing-the-senate-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. King calls for filibuster reform, veers from Democrats on outright abolishing the Senate practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fsen-king-calls-for-filibuster-reform-veers-from-democrats-on-outright-abolishing-the-senate-practice%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=920743&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--><div id=\"attachment_2560095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2560095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on September 28, 2021. (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:33 AM PT \u2013 Monday, October 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine has proposed a \u201ctalking filibuster.\u201d As members of the Democrat Caucus have continued to voice their support with scrapping the filibuster, King says reforms are needed, but he isn\u2019t willing to toss it out altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-vote rule needed to pass legislation has helped Senate Republicans block a number of Democrat-backed voting bills on multiple accounts in the chamber, along with other measures. The filibuster also posed a threat to Joe Biden\u2019s multi-trillion dollar spending plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really ready to say, \u2018Let\u2019s get rid of it altogether\u2019 because I think there are circumstances where it makes sense. So, I\u2019d prefer some alternative to what the present rule is,\u201d said King. \u201cI\u2019d like to restore the Senate to what it was, where we actually had debates and people had to hold the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King said the filibuster isn\u2019t in the Constitution and is preventing the Senate from performing its duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, I think some kind of talking filibuster, perhaps a rule that instead of having to have 60 votes to pass something, you\u2019d have to have 41 votes to stop it. So that way, the minority would at least have to show up,\u201d King stated.<\/p>\n<p>King is the third senator to draw the line at ditching the rule, along with moderate Democrats Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.). Changing the filibuster will require 50 votes in the chamber to pass, meaning Manchin and Sinema would have to hop on board, which seems unlikely.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/houston-authorities-investigating-potential-case-of-neglect-homicide-after-finding-3-children-under-age-of-18-human-remains-in-apartment\/\">Houston Authorities Investigating Potential Case Of Neglect, Homicide After Finding 3 Children Under Age Of 18, Human Remains In Apartment<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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