Federalist22 lays it out plain, and yet people are frustrated. We put the majorities together and we can't get anything done in this archaic. And I won't use the word accident, The filibuster was an accident. Vice President Burr in 1806 said something to a group of senators. They then changed something in their own procedure, left them without the ability to end debate. (05:42–05:45)
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Asserts that the filibuster in the U.S. Senate was created by accident.
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