The filibuster is on life support. Both parties have vowed to protect it, but both have chipped away at it. The latest blow came last week, when the parliamentarian, Senate’s independent rules referee, said a measure to strike down a California air pollution law was not exempt from the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold — and Republicans found a way to maneuver around her, pushing the bill through with a simple majority. The next test for the filibuster is coming soon, when members consider a sprawling bill that carries much of President Trump’s domestic agenda. Republicans are moving it through Congress using
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