Keep the filibuster rule Point: Eliminating the minority brake in the Senate is the last thing conservatives should want

In the event you have been sleeping through the last few weeks, you should be informed that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is now over. A small group of Democratic senators voted with the Republican majority, overcame the Democratic-led filibuster in the Senate, and, for good and for ill, the government is back in business.The debate that lingers has been largely driven by President Trump, who repeatedly called for the Republicans to end the filibuster once and for all. As the p