Opinion: Kill the filibuster? Sounds more like campaign bluster than governing policy.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : But Trump, in his one term, harped and whined about the filibuster whenever it impeded his ambitions.
49% : That allowed Neil Gorsuch to come up for a confirmation vote that year after Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court.
39% : Abortion is a powerful motivator for voters in November's election because the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, has bragged about appointing three of the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe.
33% : Hey, here's my plan as president, I'll fill in the details later - has become a rhetorical crutch for both Harris and Trump in this election.
21% : Opinion:'They tried to kill him' is now the bogus claim Vance uses to introduce TrumpIn 2013, Democrats frustrated that then-President Barack Obama's appointments were stymied in the Senate by Republicans in the minority used a carve-out now known as the "nuclear option" to exempt executive branch and judicial nominations below the level of the Supreme Court.
11% : Trump has enjoyed the pushback Harris received from some moderates who say she should leave the filibuster be.

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