Filibuster

A filibuster occurs when a senator refuses to give up the floor and prevents roll call! It provides a way for a senator's voice to be heard. A filibuster also gives a lot of power to the senator, they can maximize their leverage with congressmen and the president. I see a filibuster being a good thing if the senator is going for a cause worth following, and he or she knows that the public will back them up if they try to argue the case. A filibuster is also not a good feature because it slows down the interworkings of the governemnt, and other important duties of the other senators cannot be achieved while a filibuster is taking place. I think we should keep the filibuster because it is a right of the american people of freedom of speech, and if someone feels that passionate about something that they will talk hours on end about it, then I think they have the right to do so.