Obviously, any law, rule, or anything that can be passed with a given number of votes in a given body can be reversed with the same number of votes. Let’s say for example that 60 votes are required to make a rule change, and Dingy Harry rounds up and or bribes 60 members to vote on a new rule that changes to features of this bill will require 67 votes. Well, all the future Senators have to do is muster 60 votes to change the rule again so that the threshold is lowered back to 60 or 51 or whatever the old rule would have said. Then those same 60 can vote to make the change.
Except that isn’t exactly what’s my concern—or the concern of Senator DeMint. This isn’t a “let’s say” situation. The Democrats are trying to pass legislation that includes rules changes without the required votes. Did you watch the DeMint question the chair? It’s a must see.
Still thinking about your scenario and whether it applies. If you’ve been watching the proceedings you’ll notice that this majority in the Senate is breaking rules as they go. So when the minority raises a point of order they simply ignore, table the point of order—even if it is in direct violation of senate rules. Senator Session just now said that senate rules require the name of earmarks to be on record and that no such record has been made. It took the majority to table that in about 5 seconds.