The filibuster probably didn’t prevent Obamacare repeal

Published April 1, 2019 6:32pm ET



Sen. Cory Booker has revived the debate over whether the existence of the filibuster actually prevented Obamacare from being repealed in 2017.

As liberals push Democrats to rally around a sweeping policy agenda, they are also confronting the reality that as long as there is a 60-vote threshold for passing legislation in the U.S. Senate, their transformational ideas such as socializing the health insurance system and imposing the Green New Deal will never become reality.

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