Sen. Fetterman flips on campaign promise, backs filibuster
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman promised during his 2022 campaign to work to eliminate the filibuster. Now, he said he sees the filibuster as necessary.
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Pennsylvanians were well acquainted with John Fetterman’s idiosyncrasies by the time he was elected to the U.S. Senate four years ago. No one had a right, for example, to expect him to report for Capitol Hill duty with a clean shave and a pressed suit.
As Trump grows increasingly frustrated that the Senate cannot move his election overhaul bill, he has cast the legislative filibuster as something that could be easily and instantly thrown aside.
