editor at the federalist. so, as we point out, you need 60 votes, not the simple 51 majority of the senate. does the filibuster defend democracy or does it damage it? well, it certainly defends the republic as it was designed initially by the founders. and if i think as any party that s in the minority would want to have. but the house of representatives is basically mob rule. whoever has the most numbers will always win. the senate has historically, traditionally and ought to be it s losing that more and more the plus they call the cooling chamber of ideas. you need to compromise, you need to make deals, you need to cave in on some of your ideas. and when republicans are in charge, it can be extremely frustrating for them, the inability to get some of the nominations through for president trump, even fill his cabinet. when democrats are in charge, it can be extremely frustrating for them. but the problem for democrats
hard donald trump fans. some of whom are up for re-election and lindsay graham, for instance and there are people like mitch mcconnell who are institutionalists and mitt romney and you think of susan collins and lisa murkowski and the most independent-minded folks up for re-election particularly someone like susan collins. they want a trial and an event in the senate that is befitting the institution of the senate, right? remember what the senate is known as. it s known as the cooling chamber, right? if passions run hot in the house as what we saw there, it will be cooled off in the senate. it doesn t really do the senate as a brand and mitch mcconnell is someone who is an institutionalist do them any good to let this turn into a circus, but i do agree with david. they ll certainly try to change public opinion and probably continue to try to make a dent into biden, but listen, there are risk for that, too, because if you re trying to call biden
what exactly the future holds for sudan but he is determined to bear witness to it with his camera. what a risky business it is to criticize the authorities in china in our next report d.w. meets a former prisoner and uncovers secret prisons and forced confessions. the detention room is like a cooling chamber where the metal door escape from this room is impossible. thomas . was one of 200 human rights lawyers chinese authorities rounded up in july 2050. one a bright light is on $24.00 hours a day you don t know if it s day or night. but. it feels like you ve been locked up in hell. you re completely cut off from the
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