The political media needs to stop writing stories about Senate majority leader challenging the chambers super majority filibuster rule.... It isn't going anywhere ... President Biden doesn't want to get rid of it.... And? A sizeable numbers of Democratic Senator don't … [Read more...] about Democrats are NOT gonna go filibuster ‘nuclear’ in the Senate…
US Senate Filibuster
Democrats didn’t get enough GOP Senators ok for Capitol Protest Commission ….
On the House side they got support from 35 lawmakers.... On the Senate side they got 6.... But the bar in the Senate is 10.... No Joy..... Sure the media narrative IS Trump triumphs again.... And the Bog Guy IS sure to embellish this point of view.... But one … [Read more...] about Democrats didn’t get enough GOP Senators ok for Capitol Protest Commission ….
The US Senate maybe about to change the Super Majority rule….
That legislative body has a 'super majority' vote rule that applies to major pieces of legislation... And objection by a single member, the filibuster , stops the bill cold.... The Republicans under Sen McConnell used cancelled the rule (went nuclear) when they wanted to … [Read more...] about The US Senate maybe about to change the Super Majority rule….
Why President Biden might be against messing with the Senate filibuster
An insight on how things work in the US Senate.... Biden KNOWS that to tinker with the process as Manchin suggests will make things worst for him.... He also knows that process actually works better for the majority in the chamber, which the Democrats only has a slim … [Read more...] about Why President Biden might be against messing with the Senate filibuster