WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis threatened Wednesday from the floor of the U.S. Senate to leave Congress if members of his party ever voted to change the filibuster.
“The day the Republicans change the filibuster is the day that I resign from the Senate,” Tillis said from the chamber’s podium.
Senate rules allow members to debate a piece of legislation for as long as they choose. A filibuster is a political maneuver in which a bill is continually debated as a means to delay or block a vote. It forces the majority party to find 60 votes to approve most legislation in the 100-member Senate.
