If Democrats were committed to breaking Congressional deadlock they would hold the defense authorization bill, and not their own agenda, as a hostage. But it's going to sail through Congress like it always does.
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Yeah, and I badly want your point to be true, but the House Democrats aren't unified in wanting the filibuster gone more than they want the military funded. It's the same problem for why the Senate doesn't just kill the filibuster outright - progressives in the Sen want this.
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But you are right that the better thing to hold hostage is something more popular - it just has to not be so popular the GOP can supply the missing votes to get it passed.
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