Instead, we should think about it in the context of the all too common calendar and scheduling issues that Congress faces. Cancelling session days makes an already difficult committee scheduling process that much more impossible. bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/optimiz...

See also my and @lmcbell.bsky.social’s work on the needed revitalization of congressional committees in the post-Chevron era. www.thefai.org/posts/govern...

Our thoughts here draw heavily from @bipartisanpolicy.org’s Working Group on Congress, Courts, and Administrative Law which met last summer and developed an array of potential responses. bipartisanpolicy.org/congress-cou...

To be consistent (though in the minority) I also would not consider Booker’s speech a filibuster.

But even if we were to follow Greg’s definition, does the magic minute count? Is “strategic gain” limited to the underlying bill/policy or external political gain? If the former, then no. If the latter, maybe.

This is why I tend to prefer definitions that differentiate between a filibuster (extended debate in the senate) and dilatory obstruction (objecting to UC, filing many amendments, magic minute, etc.). If we collapse all of it onto “filibuster” we lose leverage over the particular Senate phenomena.

Even in a time of downsizing, Congress should be upscaling.

rollcall.com/2025/06/02/c...

I’m all for fiscal responsibility but let’s be real about this. Congress routinely cuts its own legs out from under itself for messaging purposes by needlessly tightening its belt.

When we talk about needing to increase funding for leg branch to boost its capacity this is the scale we are talking about. Many critical leg branch organizations have budgets smaller/not much beyond that of a parade.