Washington Examiner senior columnist Salena Zito pointed out that the Democratic Party has counted very few legislative wins in recent years.
Democratic lawmakers lost the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives this past election. Meanwhile, they continue to utilize the filibuster in an attempt to obstruct the work of their Republican colleagues, a process that many prominent lawmakers including Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) opposed but still used.
The filibuster is the procedural measure that requires a supermajority of 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to cut off unlimited debate on most issues. It is not written in the Constitution.
“It’s part of the scramble away from Democrats in the past couple of years because voters don’t understand what moral clarity they have on anything in terms of getting things accomplished. Is it just about holding on the power? That’s not enough for the voter, especially when it comes to issues like big spending bills getting passed because of the position that you took,” Zito said on Fox News’s Fox and Friends on Sunday.
“And that’s why the Democrats lost so many voters that should, on paper, be their voters, but had you listened to them, these were the kinds of things that pulled them away from the Democratic Party. And I don’t know if there’s a chance for them to come back in particular in this sort of meltdown over the bill,” Zito said.
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Zito was referring to the continuing resolution that will fund the government through September, avoiding a government shutdown. In the House, the measure passed with a 217-213 vote, with lone Republican Thomas Massey (R-KY) voting against and lone Democrat Jared Golden (D-ME) voting in favor. Then, in the Senate, ten Democratic senators voted for the bill.
The last time Democratic senators attempted to scrap the filibuster for good, it was opposed by then Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, who have both retired from the chamber and the Democratic Party altogether.
