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Jan 2021
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sfstaxprep
(10,599 posts)1. Can This Get Past A Likely Filibuster In Senate? nt
mucifer
(25,638 posts)2. I don't know. But, at least it will be brought up for a vote.
Celerity
(54,089 posts)3. a filibuster, by nature, prevents a vote, as cloture cannot be invoked
The Senate Rules are enshrined in decorum. Cloture can be invoked by any 16 Senators.
And McConnell has been abusing it to an insane degree: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/clotureCounts.htm
There is no "filibuster" anymore. Whoever controls the Senate as Majority Leader can do what he wants.
Schumer is going to take that precedence and force votes on everything.
riversedge
(80,382 posts)4. Biden working hard as Trump watches TV and bitches.
Cha
(318,276 posts)6. Rt TY PE Biden!