The problem with the filibuster

Its intent was to force bipartisanship and to prevent growth of govt/too many laws.

This is a good thing. Except that we already have too big of a government and are running massive deficits and our entire nation is on the brink of a fiscal crisis. And it cannot be fixed due to filibuster. It is impossible to get 60 votes in favor of any legislation that would even begin to fix or reverse this mess. We are doing more harm by maintaining status quo than being able to pass meaningful legislation to attempt to reverse course.

And the idea that a minority party can obstruct legislation indefinitely through filibuster without actual debate on the floor is redundant and not the intent of filibuster originally. You might as well change the constitution requiring 60 votes to pass legislation. Cloture vote is to simply end debate. To do that, there needs to be debate. Make a filibuster require 60 votes in cloture but go back to requiring actual debate. If democrats are willing to speak on the floor and force Congress to remain in session for days then by all means go ahead. Won’t take long to get 60 votes to stop that bullshite