[madprof98]

No law they pass will get through the House next year.

I'll bet you are wrong. If they change the rules for their own chamber, the House GOP will simply accept it. This lame-duck session established a pattern: defiant talk followed by acquiescence in whatever the Dems wanted. It's a pattern we're likely to see next session.

[Tzimisce]

I'll bet you are wrong. If they change the rules for their own chamber, the House GOP will simply accept it. This lame-duck session established a pattern: defiant talk followed by acquiescence in whatever the Dems wanted. It's a pattern we're likely to see next session.

I thought the rules for running the Senate didn't have to be approved by the House or the President.

The Constitution says each house can make its own rules - I assumed that meant without having to get the approval of the other.