@sonhouse saidNo:
Sorry 60 votes needed not 67.
" The gist is that the majority party would move to change the supermajority rule through a series of votes that require only a simple majority."
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/nov/04/trump-government-shutdown-filibuster-senate/
@wildgrass saidYou are allowing sonhouse to make you look like a fool
Six-seeeeeven
Only 50 senate votes needed
@sonhouse saidThe bit that Republicans don't get is this: if they give THEIR president immunity from prosecution, and THEMSELVES the power to re-write the rules of order in Congress unilaterally, all that will backfire on them as soon as the Democrats (or some other party) take control of the WH and Congress--they are attempting to rule as a single-party state, it does not seem to occur to Republicans that they are not going to be in control of the WH and Congress forever and ever.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/05/trump-shutdown-gop-filibuster-00637074
He also has this fantasy repubs can end the filibuster, which only takes 67 votes. ROTS O RUCK.
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@wildgrass saidIt's very hard banning 6 7 in a maths class.
I'm sorry that was a dumb joke. If you have interacted with any child ages 8-12 in the last few months, you would know the 6-7 reference.
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/67-meaning-viral-meme-slang-classrooms-ban-b2856194.html
Rather than ban it I make problems that equal 67, or 6.7...what's 134 divided by 2...
Give two numbers that add to 13...
What product gives the answer to the meaning of life the universe and everything....
So I go the other way and make it fun.
@moonbus saidI've always opposed the filibuster and would be fine with it being eliminated so long as it was a permanent abolition and not some gimmick like only for a year.
The bit that Republicans don't get is this: if they give THEIR president immunity from prosecution, and THEMSELVES the power to re-write the rules of order in Congress unilaterally, all that will backfire on them as soon as the Democrats (or some other party) take control of the WH and Congress--they are attempting to rule as a single-party state, it does not seem to occur to Republicans that they are not going to be in control of the WH and Congress forever and ever.
@no1marauder saidContinuity counts for something. Long-standing procedures should not be changed by one party for reasons which seem expedient to said party in the moment. Same comment applies to SCOTUS over-turning Roe vs. Wade--it was an arbitrary change, not for sound legal reasons.
I've always opposed the filibuster and would be fine with it being eliminated so long as it was a permanent abolition and not some gimmick like only for a year.
@no1marauder saidBut doesn't the end of filibuster mean the majority party cannot be even slowed down?
I've always opposed the filibuster and would be fine with it being eliminated so long as it was a permanent abolition and not some gimmick like only for a year.
@sonhouse saidWhy should it be? If the People put one party in charge of the Presidency and both Houses of Congress it should be able to enact its agenda. There's always the next election if what they do proves unpopular.
But doesn't the end of filibuster mean the majority party cannot be even slowed down?
@moonbus saidThe practice of filibustering every single piece of legislation is a recent innovation.
Continuity counts for something. Long-standing procedures should not be changed by one party for reasons which seem expedient to said party in the moment. Same comment applies to SCOTUS over-turning Roe vs. Wade--it was an arbitrary change, not for sound legal reasons.
@kmax87 saidYah, I like that. Lean in and have fun with it.
It's very hard banning 6 7 in a maths class.
Rather than ban it I make problems that equal 67, or 6.7...what's 134 divided by 2...
Give two numbers that add to 13...
What product gives the answer to the meaning of life the universe and everything....
So I go the other way and make it fun.
Although everyone knows the real answer to meaning in the universe is 33.
@no1marauder saidMakes you think the Republicans agenda is to shut the government down.
Why should it be? If the People put one party in charge of the Presidency and both Houses of Congress it should be able to enact its agenda. There's always the next election if what they do proves unpopular.
No jobs report.
No Epstein files.
Blame Democrats all day every day.