Sen. Ron Johnson called for scrapping the filibuster so that Congress can fund the Department of Homeland Security, one day after a man attempted to kill Trump
They can do this whenever they would like to with a simple majority vote.
They call this “the nuclear option” today, because Trent Lott (notorious Republican) came up with the term; it works well for suppression of bills and scaring the proles, so bOtH pArTiEs have used the term ever since.
What did they call “the nuclear option” before Trent Lott (R.)? The constitutional option. not the same ring to it…
… and all to avoid the threat of filibuster… let them filibuster. They have five months off a year, they can always catch up. I posit that the vast majority of members who threaten filibuster are far too lazy and old to actually do it. Much of the “old guard” are over 70 years old, something like 120!
Anyways, they use this “nuclear option” to bypass the threat of a filibuster, and do this whenever they really want something to pass; then, it only needs a simple majority vote.
This parliamentary rule confuses the vast majority of people.
Remember, they can always pass a bill with a simple majority vote (that’s what makes Biden’s failure to raise minimum wage so frustrating), and even if they couldn’t, they don’t bother to filibuster any longer. Stop playing pretend.
They’re doing the absolute minimum amount of politics so that they have more time to trade stocks and attend “seminars” in The Virgin Islands on the taxpayer’s dime.
They can do this whenever they would like to with a simple majority vote.
They call this “the nuclear option” today, because Trent Lott (notorious Republican) came up with the term; it works well for suppression of bills and scaring the proles, so bOtH pArTiEs have used the term ever since.
What did they call “the nuclear option” before Trent Lott (R.)? The constitutional option. not the same ring to it…
… and all to avoid the threat of filibuster… let them filibuster. They have five months off a year, they can always catch up. I posit that the vast majority of members who threaten filibuster are far too lazy and old to actually do it. Much of the “old guard” are over 70 years old, something like 120!
Anyways, they use this “nuclear option” to bypass the threat of a filibuster, and do this whenever they really want something to pass; then, it only needs a simple majority vote.
This parliamentary rule confuses the vast majority of people.
Remember, they can always pass a bill with a simple majority vote (that’s what makes Biden’s failure to raise minimum wage so frustrating), and even if they couldn’t, they don’t bother to filibuster any longer. Stop playing pretend.
They’re doing the absolute minimum amount of politics so that they have more time to trade stocks and attend “seminars” in The Virgin Islands on the taxpayer’s dime.
Exactly. at the end of the filibuster… THEY VOTE!
The filibuster needs 2/3 to break but it always ends eventually, and then it’s a simple majority.
All of congress just use this as a boogeyman for people who have never studied the rules.