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Beerman

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As I understand it (which is likely incompletely)


As I understand it, the nuclear option is the ability for a simple majority of 51 senators to change the procedural rules of the Senate (e.g. anything not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution, like 2/3 vote treaty ratification). Any of them.

Judicial appointments sure, but it doesn't HAVE TO stop there.

(In response to this post by southdenverhoo)

Posted: 06/17/2020 at 3:10PM


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  Odds that DC becomes the 51st state? -- DexterLake 06/17/2020 1:03PM
  Democrats are all about power. ** -- MasterRusty 06/17/2020 9:29PM
  It’s easy, they just are not doing it right. -- RML Hoos 06/17/2020 1:49PM
  Zero ** -- Lazarus 06/17/2020 1:32PM
  Maybe with a blue woke wave it might ** -- Tuckahokie 06/17/2020 1:19PM
  They’d have to be so woke that they decide to ignore the Supreme Court -- CharlestonSC 06/17/2020 1:28PM
  Why would laws matter? ** -- ryno hoo 06/17/2020 2:04PM
  0% ... even if it passed and hypothetical President Biden signed it, it -- CharlestonSC 06/17/2020 1:18PM
  0% -- Beerman 06/17/2020 1:18PM
  My question is, where does the filibuster play into this? If there is a Dem -- southdenverhoo 06/17/2020 1:41PM
  Isn't that what Mitch's Nuclear Option is for? -- Beerman 06/17/2020 2:05PM
  That's what I'm not sure about. The "nuclear option," I thought, related to -- southdenverhoo 06/17/2020 2:49PM
  As I understand it (which is likely incompletely) -- Beerman 06/17/2020 3:10PM
  That makes sense. Don't they do that at the beginning of each session? -- southdenverhoo 06/17/2020 3:16PM
  According to the wiki, no -- Beerman 06/17/2020 3:20PM
  I hadn’t heard about it either -- WahooMatt05 06/17/2020 1:53PM

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