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To: MtnClimber

If only this could get through the Senate filibuster process.


2 posted on 04/27/2025 8:41:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
If only this could get through the Senate filibuster process.

It only takes 51 votes to change the filibuster rules.

6 posted on 04/27/2025 8:49:51 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: MtnClimber

It wouldn’t matter.

Only takes 5 Special People on the “Supreme” Court to nullify it.

Democracy!

Pffft.


7 posted on 04/27/2025 8:50:49 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: MtnClimber
If only this could get through the Senate filibuster process.

It can, if it becomes a campaign issue for 2026. Thaddeus Stevens proposed that congressional representation should be limited by the number of a state's citizens. The idea isn't new, but probably requires a constitutional amendment.
12 posted on 04/27/2025 9:06:26 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: MtnClimber

Citizenship was never a requirement for representation. Even slaves were counted albeit as 3/5’s of a person. That however does not mean only counting citizens is a bad idea. Why should citizens in high immigrant areas effectively get more representation in congress than citizens in low immigration areas? Doesn’t seem fair does it?


21 posted on 04/27/2025 5:33:16 PM PDT by your other brother
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