From THE HILL:
An article from last July entitled “Filibuster reform is short of needed votes” goes on to relate:
… “Eliminating the filibuster would ease passage of much of the president’s agenda, ranging from climate change to immigration reform to ‘card-check’ legislation.
“Senior Democrats say Reid will not have the votes to change the rule at the beginning of next year.
“’It won’t happen,’ said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who said she would ‘probably not’ support an effort to lower the number of votes needed to cut off filibusters from 60 to 55 or lower.”
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