Yeah...they really need to bring it back to what the constitution says...a simple majority.
On Jul 8, 2010 12:41 PM, "morgan l" <greyk...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 p... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:322700 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
