For the life of me, I never quite understood why the 60 vote threshold was there to start with. As I understand, it was even more severe in the past which is even more bizarre. Having a 51 vote threshold in the Senate is what it should be.
While we are on the subject, the Dems are wrong for filibustering the Supreme Court pick; at least as wrong as the GOP was for not having a hearing for Garland. Trump’s nominee doesn’t seem as bad as it could be otherwise.
We should insist, however, that the Senate (preferably the Constitution) have something written to make sure that the person/bill/measure/act/whatever get at least 51 votes to pass. Mitch McConnell could re-work the rules to allow the nomination’s passing with a single vote if he wanted to and had enough support.
I know, I know, “we’ll never get to that point” right? Did you think our politics would ever devolve to this point?
While we are on the subject, the Dems are wrong for filibustering the Supreme Court pick; at least as wrong as the GOP was for not having a hearing for Garland. Trump’s nominee doesn’t seem as bad as it could be otherwise.
We should insist, however, that the Senate (preferably the Constitution) have something written to make sure that the person/bill/measure/act/whatever get at least 51 votes to pass. Mitch McConnell could re-work the rules to allow the nomination’s passing with a single vote if he wanted to and had enough support.
I know, I know, “we’ll never get to that point” right? Did you think our politics would ever devolve to this point?