I see the problem more as needing a super-majority to vote in favor of having a vote on a bill that only requires a simple majority to pass. Seems backwards to me. Yes, political minority voices need to have some sway, but they should not be able to hold up the proceedings.
That, or bring back the standing filibuster. If you want to filibuster a bill, you have to get the Senate floor and speak. If you run out of arguments and can't hold the floor anymore, too bad. Under the current rules, we aren't even really seeing a filibuster, but the threat of a filibuster. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > The problem is that to do anything, the Senate requires a super > majority, which is what the Republicans have been taking advantagenof > and filibustering just about everything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322682 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
