In her final speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, retiring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., urged her colleagues to keep the filibuster.
"When holding political power and feeling the hunger and pressure for an immediate partisan win, it is easy to view the legislative filibuster as a weapon of obstruction," Sinema said. "It is tempting to prefer elimination of the filibuster to compromise.
"It certainly feels faster, easier, and more satisfying, at least in the short term that is. But there are dangers to choosing short-term victories over the hard and necessary work of building consensus."