Zandar's Thought Of The Day

The 111th Senate did set at least one new record:  63 filibusters broken by 60-vote cloture motions, two more than the 110th.

If you're wondering why Dems are all of a sudden smitten with the idea of reforming Senate rules, check out this chart, passed along by a Democratic source.

Over the last two years, Dems broke more filibusters than any Senate in recorded history. In fact the only other Senate that comes close was the last Senate, right after the GOP lost its controlling majority on the Hill.

In fact Republicans have filibustered over 275 times in the last 4 years, and of the 275 cloture motions, 213 got a vote and 124 of those cloture votes passed.  That's more than twice as much in the prior four years.

Nancy Pelosi got legislation through the House.  The silly 60-vote cloture rule killed hundreds of laws in the Senate.  Yeah, maybe it's time for filibuster reform.