[hc87]

Among the things the GOP should be discussing now is elimination of the 60 vote cloture rule in the 2013 Senate. It’s absurd, extra-Constitutional and will impede the very real reform necessary to pare back the federal bureaucracy.

[allmendream]

It is perfectly Constitutional for each house of Congress to create its own rules and procedures - it says that such will be so.

The 60 vote cloture rule in the Senate is a great thing for limited government.

Getting rid of it might sound nice when we have the Presidency, the House, and the Senate - but do you think for a second that such will ever be permanent?

What do you envision would have happened when 0bama had the White House the House and the Senate - if there was no cloture rule?

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

Agree 110%. Super majorities came up in the constitutional convention and it was decided that, on the whole, they were a bad thing. It was saved for the Senate and in only a few rare cases.