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Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by fvrghl on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:14PM (#40802802)
A majority doesn't mean much these days. A supermajority is necessary to get things passed that the other side doesn't agree with [1].

The democrats haven't had a supermajority since 2011 [2].

[1] https://www.governing.com/context/how-did-the-senate-end-up-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress

Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by lesuorac on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @07:46PM (#40805819)
Majority means as much as they want it to.

The Cloture Rule is just a rule and such is modifiable with a simple majority (>50%) and has been rather recently so that judicial appointments could be made without needing 2/3 to override a filibuster. If Democrats wanted to actually govern without needing 2/3 of the votes in the senate they could've; however, much like the Republicans they aren't actually a homogenous block so removing the Cloture Rule would just demonstrate they aren't in agreement and look embarrassing (akin to Republicans not being able to agree on a speaker of the house).

Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by davidw on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:11PM (#40802756)
Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by akkartik on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:14PM (#40802790)
(Off-topic but I like your username: https://akkartik.itch.io/carousel)
Re:Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds D... by lesuorac on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @07:47PM (#40805825)
Well, thats very close but I had a different carousel in mind when I reversed the spelling.

You're the first person (afaik) to have figured out the name without it being explained to them though.