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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by Turing_Machine on Friday November 11, 2016 @12:10AM (#12928101)
Changing the rules requires only a simple majority.

There's a reason it was called the "nuclear option".

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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by Jtsummers on Friday November 11, 2016 @12:17AM (#12928140)
Misread the necessary numbers on the rules change. Still a narrower margin, but doesn't require Democrats to help out.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by gethoht on Friday November 11, 2016 @02:03AM (#12928608)
If they change it to only require simple majority then I guarantee it will never change back. Partisanship is dead. The thugs won't appoint a supreme court justice, the thugs won't appoint any other judicial appointments. This will never be forgotten and there will never be compromise again. It's obstructionism on both sides from here on out.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by tempestn on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:44PM (#12934722)
You mean "Bipartisanship is dead," right?
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