Schumer: Eliminating Filibuster ‘Will Be on the Table’ if Republicans Keep Voting No

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks outside the White House in Washington as President Joe Biden looks on, on March 12, 2021. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Changing or eliminating the filibuster is possible if Republicans continue to oppose Democrats’ legislative priorities, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on March 14.

The filibuster is a 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber to end debate on a proposal and bring it to a vote. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on March 10 called it “the essence of the Senate.”