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  • How changing the filibuster could impact bipartisanship

    Apr 2, 2021 9:45 am by WTTW-TVIllinois in the News
    Minority leader Mitch McConnell, speaking on the Senate floor, claims ending the filibuster would bring a “nuclear winter” on the Senate floor. (Photo courtesy WTTW News)

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    • Minority leader Mitch McConnell, speaking on the Senate floor, claims ending the filibuster would bring a “nuclear winter” on the Senate floor. (Photo courtesy WTTW News)

    WTTW-TV (March 31) 'Before the 1960s, the filibuster was a game of exhaustion,' says Illinois Professor Gisela Sin. 'Whoever could last longer won the game. The filibuster was really onerous on both sides of the aisle.'