re: Per Mike Davis: Senate does not need 60 votes to pass legislation. Only to end debate.

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I saw something the other day on Twitter...I think from Jamie Dupree, that said the talking filibuster allows each senator 2 different 3 hour blocks of time to speak on the main bill and any questions/amendments. With the SAVE act there are or were 7 open questions, so if each of the 47 Democrat senators used their full allotment of time (47x6x7) there would be 1,974 hours, or just over 82 days. And, I believe, that the Senate could never adjourn, because the 2 speech rule resets each new business day.

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Not just this either. The democrats would be able to add their own amendments which also can be debated under the same rules. There is no effective end game to the talking filibuster. The democrats just continually add new things and the clock starts over. I know people will say just change the rules, so you can’t do that. That’s getting rid of the filibuster. The votes aren’t there for that. No one has gamed out how the talking filibuster leads to a win with these constraints.