• @dontgooglefinderscult
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    15 hours ago

    Dems have actively chosen to keep the filibuster despite having multiple opportunities to remove it as a rule.

    • Sonori
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      14 hours ago

      Multiple opportunities, in the last few decades? To my knowledge the only point they had the votes to was that one three month period where they got the ACA though, before that was in the 70s when party line votes were pretty rare.

        • Sonori
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          12 hours ago

          A simple majority vote via the nuclear option could be undone just as quickly once things shifted, and from my understanding would never be an option in future if done once. To actually officially change the rules and eliminate the filibuster in a way that isn’t just procedural a two thirds majority is required.