If Democrats gain a trifecta, will they actually abolish the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court? (user search)
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  If Democrats gain a trifecta, will they actually abolish the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court? (search mode)
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Question: Will they do it?
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Yes, they will do both
 
#2
Yes but they will only end the filibuster
 
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Yes but they will only pack the Supreme Court
 
#4
No, they will not do either
 
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Author Topic: If Democrats gain a trifecta, will they actually abolish the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court?  (Read 1913 times)
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« on: October 01, 2020, 12:55:09 PM »

It seems like concern about abolishing the filibuster is fairly widespread among the Democratic Senate caucus; the current leader was on record opposing filibuster reform during their previous majority period and you have plenty of old institutionalists and swing-state Senators (using an expansive definition of swing-state -- extending to people in obviously Leans-D states) who oppose it.

Current polling suggests a 51-49 Democratic majority (with a loss in AL and gains, in order of likelihood, in CO/AZ/ME/NC/IA), which I think is very unlikely to result in filibuster abolition, except for maybe extremely specialized votes which don't recur often (like admitting new states). Something in the mid-50s might be likelier to abolish the filibuster.

I think Democrats will find actually passing HR 1 in any recognizable form rather harder than the GOP found abolishing Obamacare to be.
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