Kill Switch review: how the Senate filibuster props up Republican power

As Mitch McConnell goes into battle for the minority once again, Adam Jentleson's book is perfectly timed

For nearly a month, Mitch McConnell and his Senate Republicans have waged the parliamentary equivalent of a guerrilla war. Having lost the Georgia runoffs and with them the Senate, McConnell has still managed to stymie formal reorganization of the chamber. In an already sulfurous political landscape, the filibuster - the need for super-majorities of 60 votes to pass legislation - looms once again as a flashpoint.

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