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To: mewzilla
Q: Why not just repeal the mandate in a stand-alone bill and sort the rest out later?

A: Because such a bill would die in the Senate.

Now if that's what you want, ok, but realize that it might not even put senators on record as having voted for or against. Why? Because in the Senate the bill might not even make it to the floor for a vote. It might be stalled permanently due to filibusters, holds, etc.

Conservatives have got to understand that the Senate is a dysfunctional body because, somewhere along the way, their rules became so distorted that they require 60 votes for almost anything. This is most definitely a double-edged sword. It helps the minority, but in our hyper-partisan times, it also stops the duly elected majority from getting anything done.

93 posted on 04/02/2017 10:34:53 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Compromise is NOT a dirty word. It's how human society functions every day.)
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To: Avalon Memories

Filibusters are conservative.

Examine the Constitution. NOWHERE IN IT DOES IT INSTRUCT THE SENATE TO USE MAJORITY VOTES FOR LEGISLATION OR NOMINEES.

It specifies thresholds for impeachment and treaties, neither of which are 51 votes.

Theoretically, in a liberal or progressive world, 35 votes could pass legislation and nominees. That provides for rapid progressive change, not slow conservative change.

60 votes is conservative. You guys don’t seem to be.


94 posted on 04/02/2017 10:43:27 AM PDT by Owen
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To: Avalon Memories

You’re crystal ball must be better than mine.


121 posted on 04/03/2017 3:40:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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