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Filibustering is a disgusting practice. My best suggestion would be that voters make it clear to their candidates that they expect fair play at all times.... but therein lies the problem methinks.
People seem to admire such shenanigans if it promotes their own interests. I follow Jezebel from time to time (a leftie feminist website) and there they were raving when a state politician prevented some nasty anti abortion legislation trough filibustering.
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I’ve always wondered, if anything, what would be a good mechanism to prevent filibustering. Something like ‘no one leaves till this is settles’ Sounds good, but I would imagine there are all sorts of reasons why that wouldn’t work in practise.