WASHINGTON ― Washington Gov
More. Jay Inslee , a climate hawk and likely 2020 presidential candidate, on Monday came out forcefully for eliminating the filibuster.“I do believe that the time for the filibuster has come and gone,” Inslee told HuffPost. “It was an artifact of a bygone era that is not in the U.S. Constitution and somehow it got grafted on in this culture of the Senate.
Bernie Sanders , who has proposed ambitious ideas for tackling rising health care costs, a warming climate and the stagnant minimum wage, balked at the idea.“No, I’m not crazy about getting rid of the filibuster,” Sanders said in an interview last week.Inslee’s remarks Monday constitute one of the clearest answers yet from a possible 2020 contender on the matter.“I believe the world is now moving at a pace that does not accept sort of antebellum traditions. And that’s what this is,” he said.
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