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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by umanwizard on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:55AM (#42062320)
You need 60/100 votes to control the senate, which they did not have, so no, they didn’t hold the senate.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by jkestner on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:20AM (#42062671)
With a simple majority, they can change the rules of the Senate so that a simple majority will get a bill passed. The filibuster is not in the Constitution.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by lokar on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:37AM (#42063928)
We are probably about to see that in action
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by daedrdev on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @01:31PM (#42066965)
Manchin and Senna refused to do that, as the most conservative democrats in districts trump won by double digits. Thus they did not have the votes.