WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 – In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today once again voiced his support for reform of the filibuster. Durbin argued that as filibusters and threatened filibusters have increased in recent decades—especially under Senator McConnell’s leadership—real debate and bipartisan cooperation has plummeted. From 1917 […]