Filibuster Reform in the U.S. Senate

[OfTheCross]

Most US states don't have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries

Make these Senators stand and talk.

 

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One-third of Americans approve (34%) and one-third disapprove (34%) of the filibuster when it is described as a procedure used in the Senate to block a bill from being put to a vote until a supermajority of 60 senators agree to end debate. Another third (33%), though, have no opinion either way. A majority of Republicans (61%) approve of the filibuster and just 13% disapprove of it. Only 9% of Democrats approve of the filibuster, while a majority (54%) disapprove. Independents are relatively more divided between approve (38%) and disapprove (30%).
Public Divided on Filibuster Reform, But Few Want to Dump It Entirely | Monmouth University Polling Institute


As Democrats debate whether they should end the legislative process known as the filibuster—the 60-vote threshold needed to pass a bill in the Senate—in order to push their priorities through a divided Congress, a new poll shows only 19% of Americans support the move, and nearly a third have never even heard of the filibuster.
Most Americans Want To Keep—Or Change—The Filibuster, Not Get Rid Of It, New Poll Shows

Removing the filibuster simply isnt what the American people want...
The citizenry is with Manchin.

 

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One-third of Americans approve (34%) and one-third disapprove (34%) of the filibuster when it is described as a procedure used in the Senate to block a bill from being put to a vote until a supermajority of 60 senators agree to end debate. Another third (33%), though, have no opinion either way. A majority of Republicans (61%) approve of the filibuster and just 13% disapprove of it. Only 9% of Democrats approve of the filibuster, while a majority (54%) disapprove. Independents are relatively more divided between approve (38%) and disapprove (30%).
Public Divided on Filibuster Reform, But Few Want to Dump It Entirely | Monmouth University Polling Institute


As Democrats debate whether they should end the legislative process known as the filibuster—the 60-vote threshold needed to pass a bill in the Senate—in order to push their priorities through a divided Congress, a new poll shows only 19% of Americans support the move, and nearly a third have never even heard of the filibuster.
Most Americans Want To Keep—Or Change—The Filibuster, Not Get Rid Of It, New Poll Shows

Removing the filibuster simply isnt what the American people want...
The citizenry is with Manchin.

Negro, please. 33% of this nation want the fourth reich.

 

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c00ns is .

 

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c00ns is .

Delaware Democratic Senator, Chris c00ns

 

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BlueWave, Resistance Liberal Twitter... so angry right now. I'm glad they're realizing not all Dems are the same

 

[OfTheCross]

BlueWave, Resistance Liberal Twitter... so angry right now. I'm glad they're realizing not all Dems are the same

Red wave coming in 2022.

 

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[OfTheCross]

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/rpt/2009-R-0249.htm

Filibuster Reform: Curbing Abuse to Prevent Minority Tyranny in the Senate

The Framers, to be sure, put in place important checks to temper pure majority rule. For example, there are Constitutional restraints to protect fundamental rights and liberties. The Framers, moreover, imposed structural requirements. For example, to become law, a bill must pass both houses of Congress and is subject to the President’s veto power.

The Senate itself is a check on pure majority rule. As James Madison said, “The use of the Senate is to consist in its proceeding with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom, than the popular branch.” To achieve this purpose, citizens from small states have the same representation in the Senate as citizens of large states. Further, Senators are elected every six years.

These provisions in the Constitution are ample to protect minority rights and restrain pure majority rule. What is not necessary, what was never intended, is an extra-Constitutional empowerment of the minority through a requirement that a supermajority of Senators be needed to enact legislation, or even to consider a bill.

Filibuster Reform: Curbing Abuse to Prevent Minority Tyranny in the Senate

...because many democratic constitutions already include so many other checks and balances, giving the minority party veto power over widely supported legislation is unnecessary, which is why most U.S. states and most democratic countries do not allow their legislators to filibuster.

According to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the filibuster ensures “that slim majorities can’t ram through half-baked ideas.” But even without the filibuster, it’s actually quite hard to pass legislation in the U.S., thanks to the Constitution’s robust separation of powers.

Bills need to pass both chambers of Congress with majority support, which can be a huge hurdle.

Even if the bill has the support of the majority in both the Senate and the House, it still faces a potential presidential veto, which can be overridden only by a two-thirds supermajority in both congressional chambers.

If a bill somehow gets passed by Congress and is signed by the president, the Supreme Court can still declare it unconstitutional and strike the law off the books.

 

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Those kayakers need to be out there surrounding Lil' Yachty's houseboat everyday until he actually does
something that is in the best interest of all of us

 

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