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minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 days agoDemocrats don’t have the votes, lmfao. Filibuster is getting gutted, it only needs simple majority to remove. Also, the VP as President of the Senate can just ignore the parliamentarian, so they wont even need a vote to abolish the filibuster.
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoDidn’t the democrats have the opportunity to remove the filibuster in the Senate and chose not to?
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoDemocrats play by the rules, republicans don’t. They don’t need to remove filibuster. Senate rules are enforced by the senate parliamentarian, whom the VP as President of the Senate can overrule.
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoThe federal government is only one locus of power; they have the majority in many State legislatures.
Democrats don’t have the votes, lmfao.
Filibuster is getting gutted, it only needs simple majority to remove.
Also, the VP as President of the Senate can just ignore the parliamentarian, so they wont even need a vote to abolish the filibuster.
Didn’t the democrats have the opportunity to remove the filibuster in the Senate and chose not to?
Democrats play by the rules, republicans don’t. They don’t need to remove filibuster. Senate rules are enforced by the senate parliamentarian, whom the VP as President of the Senate can overrule.
The federal government is only one locus of power; they have the majority in many State legislatures.