When did they change the rules? I thought we needed 51 votes - not 60
Why do we need 60 votes to "pass" the Senate? Did something change and I was asleep? I thought that the VP came in if there was a 50-50 tie and voted to make it 51-50.
What the hell is going on?
(sorry if this is a stupid post, but I just don't "get it")
iirc - the r's said that there could be no filibuster - they would go "nuclear" and I never could understand why they couldn't just vote of bills as they came through
10. the 'threat' of filibuster - the threat is wasting too much time anyway
if they are going to do it - let them do it- they can literally shut down the Senate for a month - they've done it by not letting this process move forward for the last months as it is - it is like they've been shut down anyway - the people will finally let their anger be heard and deal with these idiots when things stop happening, but the threat is becoming this 'boogeyman' that no one will ever see for what it is unless they simply allow it
and then, they need to be prepared for the same to happen to their side if the president is a Republican way down the line in the future
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