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BatmansMom | 1 year ago

needs 60 votes to pass senate, not just a majority

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int_19h|1 year ago

Filibuster is just a procedural rule that can itself be removed by simple majority, and it has already been watered down on a case by case basis when that was politically expedient, so there's no hard line there. It's actually kind of amazing that we still have it.

aarond0623|1 year ago

Not if they pass it via reconciliation.