How to solve the filibuster problem

Kelly Scaletta
4 min readFeb 4, 2021

There is one thing that the majority has always agreed on: The filibuster is awful. But it doesn’t have to be.

It is an unintended and misunderstood aspect of our current state of political affairs which has also obstructed significant process, and it’s only been getting worse.

When the nation was initially formed, there was a rule in the Senate that ended debate with a…

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Kelly Scaletta

I write for several outlets as an NBA analyst, including Bleacher Report, FanRag, Dime, BBallBreadown and RealBallInsiders. My political views are my own.