Filibusters be Damned

Just read a news article, supposedly of neutral news organization. Why is subjecting a piece of legislation to majority vote; a process that has been in effect for over 200 years, by-passing the legislature? The requirement for a super majority on all bills is a creation of this Republican party. The Democrats may have used the super majority too much, like 50 times in two years, but the Repubs are using it on everything - there are over 290 bills passed by the House most with substantial GOP votes that are awaiting a vote in the Senate and because they can't get 60 votes because the GOP Senate believes just say no is their path to election, they won't even allow an up or down vote.