kentuck
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Thu Apr-21-05 12:17 PM
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The difference between the House and the Senate re: filibuster |
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The House can vote the voice of the people with a simple majority. The Senate was set up differently. It is a deliberative body. It was set up to debate and reason out issues, not in the heat of the moment like the House, but over time. It was not set up for the "simple" majority rule. That is why the rules over time have developed the filibuster and the "super" majority - to prevent the rash and perhaps harmful decisions from being made. Those are reserved for the House of Representatives.
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Dr Ron
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Thu Apr-21-05 12:23 PM
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Also keep in mind that a majority of the Senate does not translate into an approximate majority of the population as in the House.
As there are two Senators from each state regardless of population, it is possible for a combination of 51 Senators to only represent 18% of the population if they come from smaller states.
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Thu Apr-21-05 12:52 PM
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4. Excellent point, Dr. Ron... |
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Which lends even more credibility to the filibuster rule...
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Walt Starr
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Thu Apr-21-05 01:00 PM
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5. In fact, 20 Senators represent more than 50% of the population |
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The following 20 senators combined represent more than 50% of the United States population:
Barbara Boxer Dianne Feinstein John Cornyn Kay Bailey Hutchinson Hillary Clinton Charles Schumer Mel Martinez Bill Nelson Dick Durbin Barack Obama Rick Santorum Arlen Specter Mike DeWine George Voinovich Carl Levin Debbie Stabenow Jon Corzine Frank Lautenberg Saxby Chambliss Johnny Isakson
These people collectively represent more than 155,000,000 people in ten states.
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Thu Apr-21-05 12:47 PM
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Edited on Thu Apr-21-05 12:48 PM by forgethell
the majority will rule. There is no actual super majoirty rule that can't be overturned except for treaties and impeachment.
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Thu Apr-21-05 12:48 PM
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3. Anyone can get almost anything through the House |
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The Senate is the filter established to get rid of wild ideas of an era like the Contract on America-almost none of that got through the Senate...a Republican majority senate.
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