It’s June, and President Joe Biden has only signed one major bill, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package. That’s because a handful of Senate Democrats don’t want to eliminate the filibuster, a rule that requires sixty votes to advance most legislation and allows the minority party to hold up most bills.

The most prominent member of the pro-filibuster group is conservative West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin — who, it turns out, helped spearhead potential filibuster reforms a decade ago.

But the filibuster saga isn’t simply about Manchin. It’s about the Democratic Party overall, and their continued interest in allowing process to prevent them from governing. It’s a sad, frustrating story no one wants to hear about anymore, but which controls everything that happens in Washington.