.HayesBrown: Susan Collins’ statement — already vague and aspirational — seems cynical. Sure, she’d love to protect Roe from being overturned entirely. But she doesn’t support the Democrats’ bill that would do that.
Collins’ position really highlights both the pitfalls of the filibuster and the ways it can be exploited. Defenders of the rule say that it’s about ensuring that the minority’s voice is heard and tamping down partisanship. But in reality, the filibuster blocks potential bipartisan deals before they can even be brought to the floor.
In 2017, Collins was one of the lead authors of a letter to Senate leadership urging them to keep the 60-vote threshold for legislation in place.has 48 cosponsors. In a world without the filibuster, the kind of narrower bill to codify Roe that could win over Collins would likely also bring along Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, giving it the majority needed to pass. That in turn might get the two outlier Democrats to join as well — it’sthan to be the vote that pushes it over the edge.
As things stand, Collins would have to drag nine other GOP senators along with her to cut off a filibuster — something that Murkowski has failed to do even on restoring the Voting Rights Act to full strength. That seems downright impossible even for any stripped-down bill that Democrats would also back.
Collins knows that’s the case. And she has shown absolutely no willingness to change the status quo. In 2017, Collins was one of the lead authors of a letter to Senate leadership urging them to
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