| The Senate should reject the rule requiring 60 votes to break a filibuster, so that bills can pass with a simple majority of 51 votes. |
| Because of the abuse of the filibuster, 41 senators representing less than 11 percent of the nation’s population can, in principle, block action supported by 59 senators representing more than 89 percent of our population.
Source: "The Politics of Stupidity Strike Again" By E.J. Dionne, Jr. - TruthDig.com - Jul 28, 2010 |
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