The Senate filibuster, which allows any senator to engage in unlimited debate until sixty votes are found to stop it, should be reformed, suggest analysts like Ezra Klein, in order to allow legislation to flow and to put senators on the record on key issues so voters know where they stand. Senators of both parties say they would like to vote more and be judged on the votes they take, rather than let their leaders limit what comes to the floor because votes on the record might hurt vulnerable senators and imperil a party’s majority status.
