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I simply expect them to be less powerful.
by hga 11y ago
I simply expect them to be less powerful.
- ceejayoz 11y agoThey'll be pretty powerful. A single senator can secretly prevent a motion from reaching the floor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_hold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_hold
- hga 11y agoHeh, a hold on this subject won't be very secret. And cloture can zap it. But that's a power of a very different nature than that of one of the two political party's most powerful members in the Senate.