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A majority doesn't mean much these days. A supermajority is necessary to get things passed that the other side doesn't agree with [1]. The democrats haven't ha

by fvrghl 2y ago

A majority doesn't mean much these days. A supermajority is necessary to get things passed that the other side doesn't agree with [1]. The democrats haven't had a supermajority since 2011 [2]. [1] https://www.governing.com/context/how-did-the-senate-end-up-with-supermajority-gridlock https://www.governing.com/context/how-did-the-senate-end-up-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress

lesuorac 2y ago
Majority means as much as they want it to. The Cloture Rule is just a rule and such is modifiable with a simple majority (>50%) and has been rather recently so that judicial appointments could be made without needing 2/3 to override a filibuster. If Democrats wanted to actually govern without needing 2/3 of the votes in the senate they could've; however, much like the Republicans they aren't actually a homogenous block so removing the Cloture Rule would just demonstrate they aren't in agreement and look embarrassing (akin to Republicans not being able to agree on a speaker of the house).