Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2025-10 to 2026-07.
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The filibuster is essential to the Senate's function as a deliberative body because it forces consensus and moderation.
“And people keep saying, get rid of the filibuster. That's the holy grail to democracy as we know it. Because without it, we wouldn't be the country we are now. It forced us to sit down in one of the bodies to s cal calm things down and talk to our friends over in the House”
The All-In Podcast · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 422K views on this topicShe argues that congressional rules should be utilized by representatives to challenge party leadership and force open debate rather than simply following party orders.
“I did that within the first week of getting elected. We really fought for changes to actually take away power from the speaker and give it back to the representatives so that we could legislate.”
Stephen A. Smith · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 35K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.