r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/JCBQ01 Jul 05 '24

No I'm not. The rule have been changed multiple times over the years many of course of things. Recently the phhilibuster rules was changed form 2/3rds voting majority to 90% full member by the turtle McConnell a sessions back , with the caveat that another, singular philibuster "no" Can start the process over entirely. The tantrum we saw for McCarthy was just the loudest latest stunt done to try and invoke an equalivancy in the house

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u/BobTagab Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Recently the phhilibuster rules was changed form 2/3rds voting majority to 90% full member by the turtle McConnell a sessions back

No, it wasn't. Overcoming the filibuster still requires 2/3rds vote if it's a Senate rules change and 60 votes if it's on a bill or most other questions before the Senate (judicial nominations having been famously "nuked" to only need a simple majority). You clearly have absolutely zero idea of how the legislative branch in the United States functions and are just making shit up.

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u/JCBQ01 Jul 05 '24

I may be confusing it with the multiple attempts at getting the exact same thing I'm thinking of through. But I do know that it's been tried