The Filibuster: An Accident Turned Into Tradition
Home – Founding Fathers & American History – The Filibuster: An Accident Turned Into Tradition opinion The Filibuster: An Accident Turned Into Tradition Rep. Our Founding Fathers spoke against requiring a supermajority threshold to pass regular measures in Congress, yet the erroneous practice continues today via the filibuster. Current Senate practice reaches beyond our Founders’ original plan that a supermajority vote was only to be used for the five instances listed in the Constitution and two instances listed within the Amendments, according to CRS.
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- ▪Our Founding Fathers spoke against requiring a supermajority threshold to pass regular measures in Congress, yet the erroneous practice continues today via the filibuster.
- ▪Current Senate practice reaches beyond our Founders’ original plan that a supermajority vote was only to be used for the five instances listed in the Constitution and two instances listed within the Amendments, according to CRS.
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Home – Founding Fathers & American History – The Filibuster: An Accident Turned Into Tradition opinion The Filibuster: An Accident Turned Into Tradition Rep. Josh Brecheen • July 27, 2026 Print Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., on Jan. 30, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); The filibuster is unconstitutional.
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