Sinema defends filibuster: The 'solution is for senators to change their behavior'

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said it is senators' behavior, not Senate rules such as the filibuster, that must change in order to pass legislation through the upper chamber.

"When you have a place that's broken and not working, and many would say that's the Senate today, I don't think the solution is to erode the rules", Sinema told The Wall Street Journal this week. "I think the solution is for senators to change their behavior and begin to work together, which is what the country wants us to do".

Sinema is one of two senators, along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who have said they are opposed to nixing the legislative filibuster, a move Democrats have been eyeing as they seek to push bills on gun control and voting rights through a 50-50 chamber.

"While eliminating the filibuster may result in some short-term legislative gains, it would deepen partisan divisions and sacrifice the long-term health of our government", Sinema has previously said about the issue.

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Sinema defends filibuster: The 'solution is for senators to change their behavior'

This "Democrat" Senator must go as much as the filibuster must go