Sinema Won’t Budge On Ending Or Changing Filibuster

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has emerged as the staunchest Democratic defender of the filibuster, brushing off fire from the outspoken progressive wing of her party as she tries to stake out a bipartisan reputation in a battleground state.

“When you have a place that’s broken and not working, and many would say that’s the Senate today, I don’t think the solution is to erode the rules,” she said in an interview after two constituent events in Phoenix.

“I think the solution is for senators to change their behavior and begin to work together, which is what the country wants us to do.”

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Kyrsten Sinema tells @elizacollins1 why she won’t budge on scrapping or even changing the filibuster rule: “When you have a place that’s broken and not working, and many would say that’s the Senate today, I don’t think the solution is to erode the rules.” https://t.co/FXtjTaxLXf

— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) April 6, 2021