re: #726 Stonemason

I’m sorry, when I was answering the first question, about simple reform, I missed your question about going back to talking. I would have to research that a little more, but my memory tells me that once the talking stops, a cloture vote is not needed anymore. What happened in 1975 is that the cloture number was traded for the ability to threaten the filibuster based on the smaller cloture vote.

The talking filibuster is the same as what we have now, it would continue to do exactly what the current system does, except C-span would have more live coverage. It does not have to be one Senator talking, it can be a group.

True, but I think that if we did talking filibusters then the issue of who was impeding simple majority rule, would be quite clear to the American people rather than being all smoke and mirrors.

I think having talking filibusters again would be a blow for transparency.