> The democrats have not been in a position to do that for a long time, if ever. Well, this is kind of a strange statement in my opinion. There are 2 indisput

> The democrats have not been in a position to do that for a long time, if ever. Well, this is kind of a strange statement in my opinion. There are 2 indisputable facts: 1) The Democrats have had >50 Senators many times. 2) Those Democrats have not abolished the filibuster. To my knowledge, the Senate majority leader has never even scheduled a vote to abolish the filibuster entirely, regardless of whether that vote would win or lose. So, my feeling is that the Democrats have not tried to abolish the filibuster. President Biden (former longtime Senator) has said he doesn't support abolishing the filibuster. The party has never put political pressure on its members to abolish the filibuster. The leaders aren't campaigning on it. To my knowledge, it's not in the party platform. The inescapable conclusion, I feel, is that the Democrats don't want to abolish the filibuster. Nothing is stopping them, except themselves.