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Originally Posted by Cruzincat
What about when the Democrats control all three and the Republicans use the Filibuster, as is, to circumvent what you want them to get done? Different story then? Or do you believe the Dems will never gain control again, so it's alright as is?
Besides, no one party actually controls the Senate, unless they have 60 solid votes on their side.
The only winners with the proposed amendment are everybody not in the Senate or not super partisan anywhere else. That pretty much means a large majority of the people in America would favor such an amendment.
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"Allowing congress to have this (shutdown) power is like allowing children to play with matches." Alan Dershowitz on Fox & Friends yesterday.
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