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So, if the Dems remove the filibuster now, could they just vote it back in October of next year?

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Mar 5 '21, 06:55

Then they get what they want for the next year and a half, and can pass legislation, and if they lose the house in 2022, they can still filibuster the Republicans after 2022.

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I've read a couple articles that say the Senate should flip it from 60 votes to stop to 40 votes to continue -- (link) - oblique Mar 5, 07:13
It’s the precedent that it sets. There would be nothing to stop the gop from removing it again next time they are in charge. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 5, 06:56 15
- The GOP will most likely remove it either way if they gain power back. - Inigo Mar 5, 06:58 9
  - I mean they’ve had every chance to do it and haven’t. -- nm - spamlet Mar 5, 07:09 8
    - They haven't needed to, and where they did, it was removed: Judges -- nm - TWuG Mar 5, 07:16 1
      - And then they removed it for the Supreme Court. -- nm - pmb Mar 5, 07:27
    - It would have done them no good when they had the Senate but the Dems had the House. -- nm - Inigo Mar 5, 07:11 5
      - 2017-2019 they had the House, the Senate, and the Presidency -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 07:13 4
        
        And what got stopped by the filibuster during that time (nothing IIRC) -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 07:14 3
        
        And all sorts of stuff got kicked out of the tax cuts by the Parliamentarian. -- nm - spamlet Mar 5, 07:19
        
        You don't think they would have passed all sorts of crazy shit with the chance to? -- nm - spamlet Mar 5, 07:16 1
        
        Why would they bother with legislation when their main focus has been cementing their ideological control of the courts? - znufrii Mar 5, 07:28
- The GOP will do it themselves eventually. The question really is only when. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 5, 06:57
- The GOP's gonna do it the first time they need/want anyway. -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 06:57 3
  - Honestly I don't care. Use the advantage you have to institute the changes and policies you want in place. If they change them, they change them. -- (edited) - Volnelk Mar 5, 07:14
  - Except Dems will probably just manage to roll over anyway so Mitch won’t actually need to go that far. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 5, 06:59
  - Yes. We've moved past the point of realizing they're not just opportunistic and craven, but truly vile and dangerous. So, thanks Trump? -- nm - IAmQale Mar 5, 06:58

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So, if the Dems remove the filibuster now, could they just vote it back in October of next year?

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