During a discussion on Thursday morning's episode of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) warned against Senate Republicans terminating the filibuster.
According to the lawmaker, the parliamentary procedure should remain in place as a defensive buffer for when Democrats regain the majority.
"I think this talk of getting rid of the filibuster could be a colossal nightmare," Givhan told host Dale Jackson. "But, you know, I do think we ought to fix it to where, just like an Alabama legislature, you want to filibuster, fine, you don't just sign a piece of paper saying, I protest. You got to get your butt down in the well, and then everybody would know when the media and their Democrats, when they try to blame it on Republicans, it's a filibuster actively conducted by the Democrats."
"I think they're going to have to force the table on that, and perhaps maybe eliminate the filibuster for budgetary items and nothing else," he added.
Givhan stressed that while conservatives in Washington, D.C. enjoy a majority today, that will not always be the case
"I'm a firm believer in the filibuster. That's what kept us from total disaster under the Obama regime," argued Givhan. "And you just have to think about what if we're in the minority because we're eventually going to be in the minority. Eventually, they're going to hit the trifecta, and they're going to get the White House, and they're going to get both of the legislative bodies, so you just got to figure that."
"Look, we don't need to go hyperpartisan in either direction, because that pendulum is always swinging," he added.
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