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The Senate should consider these consequences before eliminating the filibuster for Gorsuch

By Daniel DePetris

Published April 2, 2017 12:00am ET

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The Senate should consider these consequences before eliminating the filibuster for Gorsuch — If the current pattern holds and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is able to keep his caucus together in opposition to Judge Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court confirmation, the Senate as we know it could be changed forever. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

When Politico reported on March 30 that the Senate is inching ever-closer to the non-congeniality cliff and that “no one seems to care enough to save the Senate from itself,” they were right on the money. If the current pattern holds and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is able to keep his caucus together in opposition to Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation, the Senate as we know it could be changed forever.

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