It does provide some stability which is good, but it also can cause a chronic stagnation, with nothing getting done. I doubt that Joe Biden wants the 59 vote rule eliminated but I feel it might be good to be rid of it. I have mixed feelings about it, but I do think we have too many ways built into the system that protects the minority and lately those protections have been abused.
It does provide some stability which is good, but it also can cause a chronic stagnation, with nothing getting done. I doubt that Joe Biden wants the 59 vote rule eliminated but I feel it might be good to be rid of it. I have mixed feelings about it, but I do think we have too many ways built into the system that protects the minority and lately those protections have been abused.
The 60 vote rule can stay so long as we elect a total of at least 60 senators -- a tall task, given gerrymandering. Removal of it can always be used as a threat...
Yes, IF we can get money out of politics, eliminate extreme gerrymandering, and find a proper line between freedom of speech and extreme propaganda (тАЬactive measuresтАЭ).
It does provide some stability which is good, but it also can cause a chronic stagnation, with nothing getting done. I doubt that Joe Biden wants the 59 vote rule eliminated but I feel it might be good to be rid of it. I have mixed feelings about it, but I do think we have too many ways built into the system that protects the minority and lately those protections have been abused.
The 60 vote rule can stay so long as we elect a total of at least 60 senators -- a tall task, given gerrymandering. Removal of it can always be used as a threat...
Yes, IF we can get money out of politics, eliminate extreme gerrymandering, and find a proper line between freedom of speech and extreme propaganda (тАЬactive measuresтАЭ).