emocrats spent years planning to kill the filibuster the moment they retake the Senate. They put it in a progressive caucus resolution. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) confirmed it on a podcast. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New york promised court-packing and Senate “reform” in the same breath. The plan was airtight.
Then someone remembered Angus King exists. The independent senator from Maine who caucuses with Democrats told the Washington Post he has changed his mind on the filibuster — he supported the effort to eliminate it in 2022, but no longer. “They were right, and I was wrong,” King said, praising Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for blocking the rules change.
