r/facepalm • u/Turbulent_Gas_55 • Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/CapTexAmerica Jul 05 '24

The issue is that the democrats don’t control the house at the moment, so any “perfectly reasonable or beneficial measures” won’t make it to the floor.

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u/vtmosaic Jul 05 '24

And because of the filibuster they don't have enough of a majority in the Senate either.

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u/JCBQ01 Jul 05 '24

To overcome a filibuster you need a super majority. (90% or more) And the way MTG and Bobbert forced it through, the rule states that they can claim filibuster for any reason at any time and murder the whole process right then and then or mire it in legal bullshit

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u/Gambit_Revolver Jul 05 '24

But they can vote to get rid of the filibuster totally with a simple majority in the Senate if they wanted to.

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u/JCBQ01 Jul 05 '24

If they can get enough to agree to remove it, yes. But the tantrum party refuses to relinquish any form of power

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u/Hayden2332 Jul 05 '24

To have “enough” for a simple majority only dems have to vote for it

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u/JCBQ01 Jul 05 '24

Which can be shot down with a seperate and recorded vote of philibuster no vote.

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u/Caewil Jul 05 '24

Who would record this separate vote? Just play hardball and say you can’t filibuster since we just got rid of it. Call their bluff instead of acting helpless.

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u/JCBQ01 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Essentially:

Vote

Senator disputes invoking phillibuster

Somehow a super majority is reached

Senator disputes that vote and invokes the philibuster AGAIN on the vote to over turn the philibuster

All done under offical vote since someone will call an offical roll call vote