Dick Durbin: Ending the filibuster would ‘end’ the Senate

By Kelly Cohen

Published January 21, 2018 4:11pm ET

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Dick Durbin: Ending the filibuster would ‘end’ the Senate — "That would be the end of the Senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our Founding Fathers," Dick Durbin said. "We have to acknowledge our respect for the minority, and that is what the Senate tries to do in its composition and procedure." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) | Alex Brandon

Sen. Dick Durbin shot down President Trump’s idea to change the filibuster rules in the Senate, saying it would be the “end to the Senate.”

“That would be the end of the Senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our Founding Fathers. We have to acknowledge our respect for the minority, and that is what the Senate tries to do in its composition and procedure,” the Illinois Democrat told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Sunday morning.

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