bipartisan without the filibuster, third, think happening we would see wild swings without the filibuster, we went the first years of this nation without a fill bustinger and were the strongest country in earth, it s only the last five years america has lost and lastly, we have been here before, after the amendment guaranteeing african americans the right to vote, in 1890, republicans in the house passed the lodge act which would created a federal back stop to prevent attacks on democracy, it was filibustered by segregationists in the senate and died and with it, democracy died in the american south for the next 75 years. we cannot let that happen again. that is a great precedent to cite there, and i had sort of encountered that before but had forgotten about that specific 1890 fight over this and also, i think it s important heather, my