Oh you mean the THREATENED filibuster. That’s not what you said.
Filibusters cannot be used on budget matters and all of DeMint’s threatened filibusters haven’t moved the Senate one inch. I think it’s a lame excuse to make for Republicans. Conservatives don’t make excuses for Republicans.
A threatened filibuster is as effective as an actual filibuster.
As far as budgetary filibusters, this wasn’t about a budget - it was about rework of the mortgage industry.