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To: sipow
60 votes for cloture in the Senate is an archaic rule from a different, less hostile time in America. This 60 vote rule can be changed, as the Dems did it on Obamacare. The Dems cannot stop anything.
78 posted on 10/22/2017 6:58:26 AM PDT by Vision (If you can't respect the Anthem, then it's time for you to find another home.)
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To: Vision

Did you actually read that and think that I was advocating for the need to have 60 votes for cloture?

Or were you just trying to deflect and make it look like I was wrong about something that I was saying.

I was explaining to you what a supermajority is, as you have been using the term incorrectly. The example of needing a supermajority for cloture was just that, an example.

Of course it is an archaic rule. Everyone knows that. And of course it can be changed. That is common knowledge. It already has been for Supreme Court nominations. So we agree on this well known fact.

Though I will point out that the Democrats did not change the rules to pass Obamacare. They actually managed to get the required supermajority of 60 votes.


80 posted on 10/22/2017 5:16:48 PM PDT by sipow
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