User Clip: Senator Merkley on the Jim Crow filibuster and why it must be. at the very least, repaired to stop GOP politicians abusing rule 22 (cloture) as a veto while hiding from public scrutiny and without any public involvement

Senator Jeff Merkley explains how & why the filibuster now abused by republican politicians following Mitch McConnell's corrupt instruction, must be at the very least, returned to its prior state that requires senators can NOT merely phone in their filibuster, but must publicly debate in the well of the senate the reasons for blocking legislation by refusing cloture close