Sinema Calls Out Dems Trying To Kill the Filibuster After Using It ‘Just Last Year’

Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is defending the 🗣️Filibuster while calling out Democrats who are trying to end it after using it “just last year.”

According to the Senate, the filibuster is “a loosely defined term for action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other debatable question.”

The Senate rule requires 60 votes for most legislation to pass.

In an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Monday evening, Sinema argued bipartisanship is still the best way to reach solutions.

“I understand bipartisanship seems outdated to many pundits. But the difficult work of collaboration is what we expect in Arizona,” Sinema wrote.

She continued, “And I still believe it is the best way to identify realistic solutions — instead of escalating all-or-nothing political battles that result in no action, or in whipsawing federal policy reversals.”

Sinema noted the bipartisan approach has “produced laws curbing suicide among our troops and veterans, boosting American manufacturing, delivering for Native American communities, combating hate crimes, and protecting public lands.”

She explained her position on the Filibuster