Re:Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters
by shooper on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:21PM
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What's stopping the Senate from reverting back to the old rules just before the next Senate/Presidential elections?
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Re:Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters
by talmand on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:27PM
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Nothing. These are rules of the Senate so they can be changed at will whenever they choose. Well, within the rules of the Senate that covers changing the rules of the Senate.
But since it was done, it'll be easier to repeat it in the future. Which was why most wanted to avoid doing it over the years.
Re:Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters
by LanceH on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:52PM
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And raising the standard of changing the rules just before you leave power.
Re:Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters
by dragonwriter on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:57PM
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The fact that the Senate rules are adopted for each new session, at the opening of the session, by a simple majority vote stops that from being meaningful as a tactic (nothing stops them from doing it, but it doesn't do any good.)
Re:Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters
by the_watcher on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:25PM
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They could do that, but there is also no reason that Republicans, should they take power, would just revert back again, and potentially go farther.