[Petronski]

I wish someone could provide definitive proof that this rule change can be approved by a simple majority of the Senate, and that it is otherwise filibuster-proof. The folks at the other site also differ on whether this requires 51 or 60 Senators, and of course from 51 to 60 is all the distance in the world.

[Petronski]

From the senate rules:


Rule 15.1. Action on Senate rules

No rule of the Senate shall be added, amended, or repealed except by Senate resolution adopted by the favorable vote of at least a majority of the members elected to the Senate, and such resolutions shall not be deemed to be perfunctory.

Rule 15.2. Suspension of rules

No rule of the Senate shall be suspended except by the favorable vote of at least a majority of the members elected to the Senate.

[ken5050]

The GOP laid the groundwork for this in the Rules Committe hearing a few weeks ago....they made the point that the Senate is NOTR a continuous body...ergo, the Senate Rules must be adopted at the start of each session...and if you hadn't noticed...they haven't been...Sen Corwyn, who has been magnificent, made the point that his constituents have in fact been disenfranchised, because he wasn't given the chance to vote on the Senate Rules.....so the GOP can just propose a new Rule, and it only requires a simple majority...not the supermajority to change an existing Rule.....