Richard Patterson8 soat oldin

This clown is so full of shit. He's a useful idiot trying to help Democrats change all the rules that are there for a reason. And that reason is to keep one party from being tainted and running roughshod over the other party. If a bill is a good idea then getting 60 votes isn't that hard but once the filibuster is abolished the Democrats will rule forever or until there is a civil war. They will cut the Republicans out completely and life as we know it will stop. Democrats will change everything in this country just to keep power and turn this country into a third world nation. They will kill the Constitution and then we can bend over and kiss our asses goodbye. You think things are bad now, just wait. There is a huge part of this nation that is ready to die and kill for this country and it ain't democrats.

ZenithofDark9 soat oldin

1:02 it was at this moment that The Rock knew, he was born to be the President of the United States.

Mr. Raccoon15 soat oldin

the most realistic filibuster in pop-culture is the one from Parks and Rec

Laura Figueroa3 kun oldin

amazing!

Frank Benlin3 kun oldin

I remember people saucering coffee. My parents told me it was bad manners.

Jojobizad4 kun oldin

I didn't realize this was the stupid video that Jerma played on stream lmao (specifically the green eggs and ham part). Feels so weird seeing that first before studying about filibusters. but yeah, they should totally revise the filibuster, at least to an extent where it's not that easy to strike a vote, but pretty easy to cancel a filibuster if it goes for too long.

SunGod976 kun oldin

If you eliminate the filibuster, it would be theoretically possible for republicans (if they controlled the presidency and a simple majority in the house and senate, so like only 220 house seats and 50 senate seats with a VP tiebreak... so even less than they controlled in 2016) to repeal social security, Medicare, medicaid, and Obamacare all at once within a single year period, and reduce taxes on the rich to zero; even once Democrats got power it would take time to put them all back, in which time there would be lag time where you had to recreate those administrations again and resume the program and whatnot. Do you really want that John Oliver?

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Bryan Edward Tan8 kun oldin

You certainly have not been to Southeast Asia where there is a tendency especially for older generation in pouring the coffee in the saucer and drink the coffee like a soup.

Zeldagigafan8 kun oldin

John collapsed? QUICK! let's pass the bill he was bitching about! Actually, that's what should happen anyways any time the caller leaves the lectern.

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Seakkon12 kun oldin

The left love it when the right is in charge, the right love it when the left is in charge. Why do we let these people steal from us, help out other nations and not our own. Line their own pockets with our hard work and ignore us. The people who give them power.

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Andy Ngô13 kun oldin

14:43 - GOP has just as much interest in getting rid of the Filibuster as Dems do. Except that when they do it, it'll be to cement many of their disastrous policies. Voting for one, they'll remove the Federal Government from overseeing how States handle their voting - say hello again to Jim Crow laws. Another will be the Flat Tax - perpetually keeping poor people poor.

AkshonClips13 kun oldin

The Dems invented the Filibuster. And only want it applied when it benefits them. Talk about a double standard.

Jack Lowry14 kun oldin

Ted Cruz reading Greens Eggs and Ham is objectively hilarious

F Wsn15 kun oldin

senators don't want to work but they want to get paid... that's what the filibuster for.

Apollo15 kun oldin

although as a trans person who went to public highschool who has a lot of opinions I would be great at filibustering. My record during finals week was peeing once in a 24 hour time span, so take that strom thermand I don't need the bucket

Apollo15 kun oldin

listen if filibusters don't end you should at least have to stand up there like an adult and fight for it. come on. put in the catheter and talk till you drop or get rid of it pussies

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Thomas Jackson16 kun oldin

The filibuster should be raised to 70 because if something is truly a good law then it should be agreed upon by 2/3rds

Darcy Bhaiwala16 kun oldin

John Oliver making fun of people drinking hot drinks out of saucers. Indians everywhere be like

Michael Prystupa16 kun oldin

You an talk about anything during a filibuster? “According to all known laws of aviation,...”

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multitudeofidols16 kun oldin

Watching this again in 2021 and it's odd how so much is so different while other things are so relevant, right down to Ted Cruz reading Dr Seuss.

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Banjo Banjo17 kun oldin

On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined a majority of Republicans to sign a letter supporting the filibuster. The letter, to Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Charles Schumer, began: "We are writing to urge you to support our efforts to preserve existing rules, practices and traditions as they pertain to the right of members to engage in extended debate on legislation before the United States Senate."

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Mark Fullerton17 kun oldin

I just watched this and now I see why Ted Cruz was so upset about dr Seuss removing a few books from shelves. He was saving those totals for reading at future filibusters

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Andrew Smith18 kun oldin

McConnell is just a grim idiot

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James Holbrook19 kun oldin

Dropping or reforming the filibuster will increase voter participation, because it will be easy for all to see that their vote does count and that voting makes a difference. It is unlikely the Republicans will take every branch of government at the same time, at least at first, but with the filibuster reformed, people will actually see what they’re all about and vote against them, again, with increased participation. Currently, the filibuster allows the minority in the Senate to decide what gets done, and this discourages people from voting participation. This means that the Republicans can recruit extremist voters while discouraging voters in the main stream. I Make it a talking filibuster and people will see what these idiots are really like. People will know their vote will make a difference, and they will use this new knowledge with a clear idea of the future they want to form. We need more people to vote, Instead of just the extremist from either party, so reform the filibuster and watch everyone get more involved in politics, especially with the talking filibuster making it more “entertaining“ for the main stream when extremist idiots expose themselves… Hopefully not with buckets!

Aravind Thangavel19 kun oldin

go filibuster go

Ben Frank19 kun oldin

Oh John, it’s 2021 and we are ready to finally watch your piece on the filibuster.

Ryan "Ducky" Georgieff19 kun oldin

Good lord this is a year old!

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Jeannie Reed19 kun oldin

john, please dont say "obamacare" - it is a GOP perjorative, to distract from the fact that it is legally AFFORDABLE Care. thanks

Punch Top19 kun oldin

But it was ok when Crazy Nancy used it in 2018 and Obumtard defended it while a senators in 2005

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Daniel Schlobach19 kun oldin

Coming back to this issue, it’s more pressing than it’s ever been.

Gary Santos19 kun oldin

The Filibuster was created by mistake. The House and Senate rulebooks in 1789 were nearly identical. Both rulebooks included what is known as the "previous question" motion. The House kept their motion, and today it empowers a simple majority to cut off debate. The Senate no longer has that rule on its books. The previous question, also known as "calling for the question", "calling the question", "close debate", "calling for a vote", "vote now", is generally used as a motion to end debate on a pending proposal and bring it to an immediate vote. -Wikipedia Freshly indicted for the murder of Alexander Hamilton In 1805, Vice President Aaron Burr was presiding over the Senate, and he offered this advice. He said something like this; Your rule book is a mess, and he singles out the previous question motion. Today, we know that a simple majority in the House can use the rule to cut off debate. But in 1805, neither chamber used the rule that way. Majorities were still experimenting with it, and so when Aaron Burr said, get rid of the previous question motion, the Senate didn't think twice. When they met in 1806, they dropped the motion from the Senate rule book. Why? Not because senators in 1806 sought to protect minority rights and extended debate. They got rid of the rule by mistake: Because Aaron Burr told them to. Once the rule was gone, senators still did not filibuster. Deleting the previous question rule made possible the Filibuster because the Senate no longer had a rule that could have empowered a simple majority to cut off debate. It took several decades until the minority exploited the lax limits on debate, leading to the first real-live Filibuster in 1837. Sarah A. Binder, Senior Fellow - Governance Studies BROOKINGS- The history of the Filibuster

de_broer_van20 kun oldin

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Raymond Omit20 kun oldin

The filibuster should be only used to talk about the bill at hand on further discussion about it and it only?

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SandyRiverBlue20 kun oldin

They're not going to get rid of it. They are like neurotic divorcees that still wear their wedding rings but are always telling their friends that they would like to find someone nice. I think that if we keep it we should make it so that they can only discuss topics directly related to the discussion at hand. They can repeat as many times as they want. This will allow us to measure Filibuster Length (FL), or how long they can go without repeating themselves. It will allow us common folk to see how shallow their arguments are."Shit, the Republicans hit an FL of 3 minutes", "3 minutes again Mitt?"

Bryan Carlin20 kun oldin

It’s comedy about this shitty government. Filibustering about issues like civil rights in the 50’s cause a bunch of WHITE RACISTS didn’t want equality is completely stupid. Filibustering about gun control so these 90% of WHITE gunman can’t murder crowds of people. Anyone who thinks gun control means you loose your guns is a retard. Everyone registers their car without a problem so you can’t register a deadly weapon. Just depends on who’s driving. Or shooting.

Douglas Lee21 kun oldin

So both parties have used the Filibuster but no mention of the Democratic party and when they used the Filibuster like 327 times in 2020 but hey at least you were completely unfair in your presentation of the facts.

Davey Houston21 kun oldin

Thomas Jefferson was a bigoted anti Jesus asshole.

Jesus Ramones21 kun oldin

This was art

Amalia Rincon21 kun oldin

Senators weren't elected by the people till 1932 ? That would explain how Moscow Mitch got into the senate ! LOL.

green blue21 kun oldin

I am an asian watching from asia, sad to see USA being taken over by the evil democrats party. First step : steal an election using pandemic as excuse. Second step : legalize the dirty election tricks by passing HR1 through killing the filibuster. After that, the evil democrats party will rule USA forever. USA on the way to become North Korea. Seems the supreme court also scared of the evil and violent democrats party (afraid to take up the case from Texas a few months ago regarding the fraudulent election). Seems like only a civil war can save USA now.. hope the US military will side with the good side during the civil war.. All the best my American friends, hope good will beat the evil in the end.

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Maria Hammarström22 kun oldin

John gives so much of himself to comedy.

Darran Kern22 kun oldin

Lmao what a fraudulent bunch of lies. Guess how many times Obama performer a filibuster during his mere 2years in the senate? Over TWENTY TIMES! GUESS who cried constantly about republican plans to abolish the filibuster during his presidential term? BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. The filibuster is a good thing and has always been a good thing, and ANYONE, republican OR DEMOCRAT who attempts to abolish the filibuster is a Tyrant. Period. End of story.

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Suzette Figgs22 kun oldin

Thank you John Oliver. You made smile. Love from Texas!!!

Jeffrey Schueler22 kun oldin

I'm fairly confident the Republicans will get rid of the filibuster eventually when they feel it's advantageous to do so.

Mike L22 kun oldin

Every time I watch a video with Cruz in it, by the time it ends, I feel like I've lost IQ points.

George Rady22 kun oldin

Isn’t ODD that the filibuster was NOT considered “racist” when the Great Senator Obama praised the tool against Racism... thefederalist.com/2020/08/05/watch-barack-obama-in-2005-defend-the-filibuster-he-now-says-is-racist/ And Senator Joe embraced the filibuster when “fairness” uznick.info/up/video/j4HJjoaMdrmgqKM So we can simplify the “reform” - when a filibuster is good for the Soviet Democrat Party it is “good” and when the filibuster goes against the Soviet Democrat Party’s agenda... it’s “RAAACIST” (like every other loyalty test)

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I have a hard time urinating in a crowded public restroom. Someone actually did it inside the Senate in front of every senator. That is quite the achievement that I wish I could do. At the very least, I wish I could do that inside a crowded public restroom...

Chewy Thomson23 kun oldin

Every week it's basically "America is actually way more dysfunctional than you thought."

Wilhelm Sarasalo23 kun oldin

The system needs some hysteresis, so that the laws don't keep going back and forth all the time. But 60% seems way too much.

Karen McCarrell23 kun oldin

Anyone watching this show in 2021? This show on filibusters is completely apropo to today's troubles. John Oliver, you are once again so totally awesome! Thank you.

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alioxinfree23 kun oldin

as of 2021: Read Killswitch, and call/email local news to cover there's only 1 holdout left b/c Joe Manchin's on-record for reform. Senator Sinema needs to go on-record to agree to Filibuster Reform: end both the 60-to-vote AND 60-to-pass, make it only a talking-filibuster (not a no-show email objection) that ends when the senators stop talking. You have to be on-camera defending your minority position, and every bill needs to be voted on after the minority gets to have their say.

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brent nevius23 kun oldin

Poor John's father had to watch his sister crap this clown out!

brent nevius23 kun oldin

It is true, Trump did make A mistake!

brent nevius23 kun oldin

Now we know the real reason the left wants to cancel Dr. Seuss!

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Roy Richards24 kun oldin

This FILLIBUSTER John Oliver, is a jewel in the crown, if only for his TED CRUZ RYHME/POEM!!!

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john mcewen24 kun oldin

Listen you Yankee converted limy. My Grandmother drank her coffee from the saucer, it was quite common with older people well into the 1950s. The saucer was held at chest level and coffee poured into it and then drank. I think it was to cool it.

End Political Corruption24 kun oldin

Abolish the -filibuster- Senate.

End Political Corruption24 kun oldin

"... tool of the Senate." I found this doubly amusing because it reminded me of Colbert's "The Word" segments. Someone needs to resurrect that bit.

The Liercat24 kun oldin

Trevor Noah called the filibuster tantric legislation just 4 years ago 🤔 uznick.info/up/video/rZuVjohvdNiMhWQ

Phil24 kun oldin

5 year filibuster review board

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Eric B24 kun oldin

Still very a propos

NF Legal25 kun oldin

It's despicable when politicians block healthcare for Americans. Medical costs are extraordinarily high. These politicians most likely have great health insurance policies & cannot relate to the fears that people have to even see a doctor for fear of a high medical bill. 50% of all bankruptcies are due to medical bills. This must be resolved.