The Filibuster is Killing Our Country. We Need to Get Rid of It.

As Alexander Hamilton would say, It’s not a Remedy, It’s a Poison.

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“What at first may seem a remedy, is, in reality, a poison,” wrote Alexander Hamilton on the prospect of requiring supermajority rule. He argued that if the country couldn’t govern through majority rule, it would lead to “tedious delays; continual negotiation and intrigue; contemptible…