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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Republican Senators nuke the fillibuster, Democrats can run on Medicare for
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If Republican Senators nuke the fillibuster, Democrats can run on Medicare for (Original Post)
applegrove
15 hrs ago
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can the fillibuster be restored or dropped according to whim of the majority in any given year?
msongs
15 hrs ago
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https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm
GenThePerservering
15 hrs ago
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msongs
(73,655 posts)1. can the fillibuster be restored or dropped according to whim of the majority in any given year?
applegrove
(131,928 posts)3. Don't know. I'm in Canada.
GenThePerservering
(3,290 posts)2. https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture.htm
Fiendish Thingy
(23,044 posts)4. They can expand SCOTUS ON January 20, 2029. Nt
Renew Deal
(85,047 posts)5. They don't need to nuke the fillibuster for that.
applegrove
(131,928 posts)7. To get through the Senate? Isn't that why Thune doesn't
want the Senate to be a place where one party can pass legislation?
mr715
(3,465 posts)6. They can run on a lot of stuff.
Let the GOP nuke the filibuster. It'll cost them electoral power for a generation or two.