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A majority of the House and 60 Senators could pass trade laws at any time, but there aren't 60 Republican senators. Otherwise they can pass trade laws once a

• dragonwriter 1y ago
  > A majority of the House and 60 Senators could pass trade laws at any time, but there aren't 60 Republican senators. Otherwise they can pass trade laws once a year as part of an omnibus bill, definitely not "at any time". The 60-vote requirement for cloture only exists because it is readopted every Senate on a simple majority basis, so while not quite “at any time”, the only reason it is not at any time is because the majority of the Senate continues to choose not to allow itself to do that, it is not a Constitutionally, or otherwise externally, imposed limit.