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This is the part of the story where folks acknowledge how great the U.S. Senate is for allowing one member to block offending legislation. But I doubt that wil
by DanielBMarkham 16y ago
This is the part of the story where folks acknowledge how great the U.S. Senate is for allowing one member to block offending legislation.
But I doubt that will happen.
- brown9-2 16y agoSo often the story is that the U.S. Senate has stupid rules that allow one member to block legislation when the legislation being blocked is thought of as a good thing - such as unemployment extension, aid to Haiti, etc. So it cuts both ways. We should be careful about praising this rule too much since often we criticize it when we like the legislation being blocked.
- laujen 16y agoThat is a very good point. It seems like we forget the good uses when bad comes up. (Free speech has the same problem.)