Sen. Thom Tillis: Democrat majority in Senate - goodbye filibuster and hello radical, socialist agenda

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrat-senate-majority-no-filibuster-
radical-agenda-sen-thom-tillis

The American people deserve to know what’s at stake at the ballot box in
November, and it’s time for Senate Democrats to come clean about their
plan to fundamentally transform America through one simple procedural
vote.

Democrats are embracing the elimination of the legislative filibuster, a
longstanding rule that requires 60 votes to end debate and advance
legislation.

The filibuster has served as a safeguard of our Republic by preventing one
party from consolidating too much power and ramming through a radical
ideological agenda. Instead, the filibuster forces the party in power to
seek consensus and bipartisan compromise to turn legislation into law,
something that we need more of, and not less, in Washington.

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Consider that shortly following the swearing-in of President Trump in
2017, some Republicans were demanding the elimination of the filibuster to
make it easier to pass the president’s policy priorities. Doing so would
have been politically convenient in the short-term but disastrous in the
long-term, which is why I joined my colleagues in shutting the door on
those demands.

Now, however, Democrats set on gaining control of the White House and
Senate are actively pursuing a short-term Faustian bargain to eliminate
the filibuster in order to have a clear path to passing the far left's
radical socialist agenda.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said “nothing’s off the table”
when it comes to eliminating the filibuster. Vice presidential hopefuls
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., have also
supported the idea of eliminating the filibuster. Other Democratic
senators who were once staunchly opposed are now warming up to the idea.

We don’t need to wonder what kind of extremist, far-left agenda Senate
Democrats will immediately pursue because they’ve already telegraphed what
they’d push into law if they had uninhibited political power.

If Chuck Schumer becomes the majority leader, he could call a vote to
eliminate the legislative filibuster on day one.

If Schumer becomes the majority leader, he could call a vote to eliminate
the legislative filibuster on day one. This would only require a simple
majority of 51 votes. With that one vote, Democrats would effectively
silence the minority and remove the need for any bipartisanship in the
foreseeable future. The Democrats could pass any piece of legislation they
deem fit without a single vote from the other side, and it would be nearly
guaranteed to become law if Joe Biden were resident and Nancy Pelosi
remains speaker.

Since Democrats have consistently pointed to climate change as the most
pressing threat facing the nation, the Senate could quickly take up the
“Green New Deal.” Without the filibuster, a Democratic majority would ram
through this socialist wish list without any debate, giving the federal
government more control over the American people. It would dictate the
kind of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the type of job you
have, and the way you live your life.

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From there, Senate Democrats could pass their government-run health care
legislation, which would come at a significant cost for the American
people. With the government in control, if you like your current health
insurance, you won’t be able to keep it. With a simple partisan majority,
the employer-sponsored plans that more than 180 million Americans rely on
would become illegal.

Senate Democrats could also pander to their fringe base by effectively
defunding the police. With a simple majority, Democrats could divert money
away from police departments across the country. They could change the law
to make it easy for smarmy trial lawyers to sue law enforcement officers
left and right, which would make it impossible for the brave men and women
in blue to do their job of keeping us all safe.

These are the kinds of dramatic, transformational policies that Democrats
could enact without a single Republican vote if they gain control of the
Senate and do away with the legislative filibuster.

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Democrats aren’t being upfront with the American people about what they
plan to do if they gain power. But we know what would happen.
Bipartisanship would end. Compromise would end. And the days of passing
legislation within the boundaries of the mainstream would end.

A Senate without the legislative filibuster would move both parties to the
ideological poles, destabilize our Republic and move us closer to
socialism. It’s up to reasonable leaders in both parties to stand up to
this dangerous effort to eliminate bipartisanship and unleash extremism.



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