The legislative filibuster must stay

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This debate is academic at this point. With only 51 seats, and both Biden and Manchin opposed, right now the filibuster is mainly a bogeyman the Democrats can use to incentivize the Republicans not to be totally obstructionist on non reconciliation bills. As such, the Dems have no reason to argue in favor of the filibuster right now, but it likely is not going to fall as long as the GOP plays a modicum of ball.