You’re going to start to hear a lot more about Democrats’ efforts to end the filibuster in the US Senate. If successful, it’ll be an important move supported by good-government advocates as well as political progressives who want to defrost the levers of government and make them work in a big way instead of in increments.You’re going to start to hear a lot more about Democrats’ efforts to end the filibuster in the US Senate. If successful, it’ll be an important move supported by good-government advocates as well as political progressives who want to defrost the levers of government and make them work in a big way instead of in increments.