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joshcryer

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5. Yes.

Reply to sfstaxprep (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 14, 2021, 01:26 AM

Jan 2021

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.

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