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>If only the majority party were willing to wrestle a tiny speck of that anti-democratic power away from the Senate by overriding extreme rules like the filibus
by nobody9999 4y ago
>If only the majority party were willing to wrestle a tiny speck of that anti-democratic power away from the Senate by overriding extreme rules like the filibuster...
Or reverting back (pre-1970s) to the "Talking Filibuster,"[0] where you could only stop a vote by continuing to "debate" on the floor of the Senate.
That won't solve the problem, but it would be a step in the right direction: Talk until you can't and in the meantime, try to negotiate with the majority.
[0] https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149663 https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149663
- omegaworks 4y agoWe need to abolish the Senate or at least make it as irrelevant as the House of Lords.