Sen. Pat Toomey urged his party to look beyond former President Donald Trump and called on the Senate to preserve the filibuster as he delivered his farewell speech to the chamber Thursday. “We’re much bigger than that,' he told his Republican colleagues.
when unelected officials are allowed to impose policy. Toomey, for example, fought hard against a recent Federal Reserve nominee whom he feared would use the central bank’s powers to impose climate policy on businesses.
“When we hand over Congress’s responsibilities to unelected and therefore unaccountable parts of our government, be that the courts or independent regulators or executive branch agencies, we really undermine our democracy,” he said. “Now look, both sides have done this over time. But I just hope we could all agree that preserving more responsibility and therefore accountability for the legislative branch of government is a good thing for our republic.
Lastly, he called on the Senate to change the rule that allows a single senator to block most proposed amendments, saying that makes it too easy to stifle debate.“I don’t think this rule is workable anymore, and it contributes to the dysfunction. ... I don’t know what the right number is, and I’m not religious about this. Maybe it’s 10. Maybe it’s 50,” Toomey said. “But I would just suggest that this body consider somehow raising the bar of preventing the Senate from functioning.
Several colleagues gave speeches praising Toomey, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sens. Susan Collins , Joe Manchin , Chris Van Hollen and fellow Pennsylvanian Bob Casey. Casey, a Democrat, praised Toomey’s votes to support Pennsylvania’s lawful Electoral College slate after the 2020 election, and to convict Trump in the impeachment trial that followed the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
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