Baldwin supports filibuster reform

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin will co-sponsor a bill to change the filibuster process in the Senate, tweeting that, "The time for reform is now."

"Recently, the threat of filibuster has been used far too often and as a result political obstructionism in the United States Senate is now worse than it has ever been," Baldwin, D-Madison, said in a statement provided to the Huffington Post. "The people of Wisconsin and our state's progressive tradition deserve better."

The measure, offered by fellow Dem U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Tom Udall of New Mexico, would, in part, require members to speak on the Senate floor during a filibuster instead of simply raising an objection to stall debate on bills. Udall has called the measure "simple, limited and fair," and argued it would prevent the Senate "from being a graveyard for good ideas."