Filibuster in the United States Senate
Subject in Government
Filibuster in the United States Senate has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Ezra Klein Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Adam JentlesonFounder and president of the Searchlight Institute, former aide to Harry Reid and John Fetterman, author of 'Kill Switch' and 'Supermajority'
Jentleson argues that gridlock under the supermajority threshold is a realized, greater risk than overreach under majority rule.
“The risk of the supermajority threshold is gridlock. And that's not a hypothetical risk. That's an extremely real risk”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 38:15
Jentleson reiterates his belief that the filibuster should be abolished.
“And yeah, listen, I believe very strongly that we should get rid of the filibuster. This was the topic of my first book”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 33:17
Jentleson says the 2009 Democratic majority wasted a year seeking Republican support that Mitch McConnell blocked.
“he made us waste a year on sort of this side quest of trying to get Republican support”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 31:07
Ezra KleinNew York Times Opinion columnist and host of The Ezra Klein Show (diarization also merged one PopCast promo line into this label)
Klein argues that Senate whipping has intensified because the filibuster makes it so costly to lose any member.
“I think one reason the whipping has gotten so much more intense in the Senate in particular is because it is so hard to lose members under the current rules”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 32:14
Podcasts
- The Ezra Klein Show · 1 episode
Episodes
The Path to a Democratic SupermajorityThe Ezra Klein Show · Nov 10, 2026 · 55 min
Ezra Klein and Adam Jentleson discuss how Democrats can turn their 2026 midterm wave into a durable supermajority through big-tent politics, heterodoxy and filibuster reform.
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