A filibuster hasn't been allowed since like 1842 in the house of representatives. A senate filibuster is not possible if there is a 3/5 majority vote that brings the debate to a close by invoking cloture. If I'm not mistaken, in 2009 the democrats had roughly 58 seats in the senate. 3/5 majority is 60 senators. The republicans tried to use filibusters, but they were often failures. As the 111th congress had over 100 cloture votes within the first year. And let's be clear, a filibuster is nothing more than a delay by prolonging the floor debate. It does not change the legislation or prevent it from becoming law. Like I said, he could pass anything he wanted and the republicans could not stop anything.
I'm beginning to wonder if you know how congress works.
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