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minus-squareMegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 month ago They’ve had that for [drumroll please] 4 out of the last 24 years It was significantly shorter than that when you consider Senate control to be 60, which is what’s needed to bypass the fillibuster.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down4·edit-21 month agoSupermajority was 4 months, out of the last 44 years. But whenever I mention that people think I’m fixated on that for some reason. *Oh downvoted already. Some people really don’t like hearing this.
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·1 month agoYou shouldn’t cry about fake internet points
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoI’m not crying, I’m laughing how certain people downvote because they don’t like hearing facts.
minus-squareshylosx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoSomehow the terminally online tankies will still blame Democrats for that, too.
minus-squaresorval_the_eeter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThey honored the fillibuster by choice. They didnt have to.
minus-squareMegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThey never had 51 votes to repeal the fillibuster. Sinema and Manchin both refused to do so. Neither of which are Democrats anymore. We should elect more Democrats to the Senate that will.
minus-squaresorval_the_eeter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago“Biden says eliminating filibuster would “throw the entire Congress into chaos”” https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/joe-biden-town-hall-filibuster/
It was significantly shorter than that when you consider Senate control to be 60, which is what’s needed to bypass the fillibuster.
Supermajority was 4 months, out of the last 44 years. But whenever I mention that people think I’m fixated on that for some reason.
*Oh downvoted already. Some people really don’t like hearing this.
You shouldn’t cry about fake internet points
I’m not crying, I’m laughing how certain people downvote because they don’t like hearing facts.
Somehow the terminally online tankies will still blame Democrats for that, too.
They honored the fillibuster by choice. They didnt have to.
They never had 51 votes to repeal the fillibuster. Sinema and Manchin both refused to do so. Neither of which are Democrats anymore. We should elect more Democrats to the Senate that will.
“Biden says eliminating filibuster would “throw the entire Congress into chaos”” https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/joe-biden-town-hall-filibuster/