Kill the Filibuster: The Adam Jentleson Interview

<div class="_2TO-components-SimpleRichTextEditor--paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>The Democrats have taken the House, the Senate, and the Presidency – yet they are still claiming that they can't pass the policies Americans desperately need. What's stopping them? The filibuster – a weapon of white supremacy used by Southern states to block progress on civil rights. Sound familiar?</span> <span>In this interview, Adam Jentleson -- an expert on Senate procedure and the author of the book</span> <a class="_4X_-components-SimpleRichTextEditor-components-LinkSpan--linkSpan" href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631497773"><span>K</span><span>i</span><span>l</span><span>l</span> <span>S</span><span>w</span><span>i</span><span>t</span><span>c</span><span>h</span><span>:</span> <span>T</span><span>h</span><span>e</span> <span>R</span><span>i</span><span>s</span><span>e</span> <span>o</span><span>f</span> <span>t</span><span>h</span><span>e</span> <span>M</span><span>o</span><span>d</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>n</span> <span>S</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>a</span><span>t</span><span>e</span> <span>a</span><span>n</span><span>d</span> <span>t</span><span>h</span><span>e</span> <span>C</span><span>r</span><span>i</span><span>p</span><span>p</span><span>l</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>g</span> <span>o</span><span>f</span> <span>A</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>i</span><span>c</span><span>a</span><span>n</span> <span>D</span><span>e</span><span>m</span><span>o</span><span>c</span><span>r</span><span>a</span><span>c</span><span>y</span></a> <span>-- explains what the filibuster is, how the Senate is using it to hold Americans down, and how to get rid of it.</span></div> </div>