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> The point of a 3/5th majority is to enforce compromising. It's worth noting that the 3/5 requirement for most legislation is a recent development. Before aro
by kemayo 1y ago
> The point of a 3/5th majority is to enforce compromising.
It's worth noting that the 3/5 requirement for most legislation is a recent development. Before around 2008 it was quite uncommon to require a filibuster-proof majority to pass legislation.
There's a count of the times this has come up on the senate's website: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/clotureCounts.htm https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/clotureCounts.htm
- godelski 1y ago> There's a count of the times this has come up on the senate's website I don't think I'm understanding. Are there not also more bills being voted on? There definitely seems to be high variance from here[0] but also they seem to be spending far less time in session than previously [0] https://www.senate.gov/legislative/ResumesofCongressionalActivity1947present.htm https://www.senate.gov/legislative/ResumesofCongressionalAct...
- kemayo 1y agoThere's a fair bit of variance in the number of bills per congress, but not really in a way that correlates to the usage of the filibuster. Check out https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/statistics