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BumRushDaShow

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6. Any Senate Rule can be changed pretty much any time.

Reply to taxi (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 07:07 PM

Oct 10

All they need is a majority to make the change.

If Democrats retook the Senate and the Rule was reinstated again just before Democrats took over, Democrats could just remove it again (with their own majority vote). This is why they have been trying to avoid messing with what is a last stopgap. It's just that the process has been abused so much.

At the beginning of each Congressional session, they usually draft new, tweak and/or reinstate any previous Rules and decide on Committee Chairs/Ranking members.

The whole thing has been based on "the honor system" (as I have posted many times) and the Senate has attempted to maintain that "cloture" thing to streamline the legislative process as a "compromise" to not requiring a "talking filibuster".

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IMHO they aren't worried about election ramifications. Any behavior is fine if there's no election. This is about wiggs Oct 10 #1

But then... littlemissmartypants Oct 10 #2

Probably a big part of why they havent done it SSJVegeta Oct 10 #4

They will blame Democrats regardless of the reality of the situation. OldBaldy1701E Oct 11 #17

Hope they do SSJVegeta Oct 10 #3

Would that mean if Democrats would become the majority party upon swearing in, taxi Oct 10 #5

Any Senate Rule can be changed pretty much any time. BumRushDaShow Oct 10 #6

Yes RedArkGuy Oct 13 #21

Then, Americans who depend on the ACA will really turn against the GOP in the midterms, if not already n/t AntiFascist Oct 10 #7

Can't win? liberalgunwilltravel Oct 10 #8

Republicans own this government. We knew they were going to change the rules going into this. Scrivener7 Oct 10 #9

If they believe what they are doing is supported by the majority of Americans... Blasphemer Oct 10 #10

I 100% believe they are not worried about the midterms because they know Krasnov or WHOMEVER is in there Cheezoholic Oct 10 #11

MAKE. THEM. DO. IT. Prairie Gates Oct 10 #12

Dare them to do Jspur Oct 10 #13

I thought the Fascists Didn't care if Cha Oct 10 #14

I am reminded of people here who said if we ended the filibuster House of Roberts Oct 11 #15

Why stop with the filibuster? They could increase the number of Extreme Court justices to thirteen, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 11 #16

Do it, assholes dalton99a Oct 11 #18

Sounds like a pretty trivial reason to eliminate the filibuster pecosbob Oct 11 #19

The Republicans run the White House, The Senate, The House and the Supreme court.. YoshidaYui Oct 11 #20