There is an ongoing debate in the Senate about the Democrats' consistent use of the filibuster and whether the GOP should limit the ability of the Democrats to filibuster judges. Such changes have been denounced as Hitlerian by Democratic Senator Byrd of West Virginia. But in the past he's been happy to limit filibuster power:
In fact, Sen. Byrd is often credited with pioneering the Senate procedure he now derides as a denial of free speech and a threat to our liberties. Recall that it was Sen. Byrd who led the charge to establish new Senate precedents in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1987 - including a number of precedents that were designed specifically to stop filibusters and other delay tactics that were previously authorized under Senate rules or prior precedents.
Read the whole thing as you'll be hearing lots more about this in coming months.
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