McConnell expects the filibuster to remain in place and Republicans to win control of the Senate

With Republicans projected to win the Senate majority in the 2024 elections, “the filibuster is here to stay,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell noted Wednesday.

Even if one party has a narrow majority of seats in the Senate, the other party can still block legislation from moving forward due to the significant hurdle required to overcome the filibuster.

“In 1975, the Senate reduced the number of votes required for cloture from two-thirds of voting senators to three-fifths of all duly elected and sworn senators, or 60 of the 100-member Senate,” notes senate.gov.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Fox News Media contributor Jonathan Turley tweeted early Wednesday: “About 10 minutes ago the 'end the filibuster' movement suddenly stopped. “In the morning, minority rights will suddenly become Washington’s cause célèbre…”

“Consider the differences between the political parties — in our hour of victory, Republicans will defend the minority rights of Democrats to filibuster policies they object to,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in a post on X . “Think about it @CNN – when you rant about fascism and an end to democracy.”

Some Democrats have expressed support for the idea of eliminating the filibuster to advance their priorities.

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“Abolish the filibuster. Codify Roe. Expand the Supreme Court. Protect abortion rights by any means necessary. We need all of this. This is an emergency,” tweeted Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri in 2022.

Vice President Kamala Harris called for ending the filibuster to establish “protections for reproductive freedom…”

But while McConnell suggested Wednesday that he thinks the filibuster is “very safe,” he won't be at the helm of the Senate Republican Party much longer.

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