Continued Trump Administration Fallout

[Dill]

(05-06-2021, 02:59 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: No problem.  Please elaborate on what you mean by "minority rule" first.  You should be able to give a straightforward, non anecdotal, answer, I'm sure.

Sure, I mean what I told Michael in post # 24:  the fact that GOP control of the senate has enabled a party representing a minority of voters to set terms for the majority. That has been the case for decades, but it is more serious now that Trump has captured the party. That's why I said "Trump's power in the Senate"--his power, which flows from his control of GOP Senators' constituencies, negating their incentive to oversee the executive.

But you already knew this, having heard this argument before, and in greater historical detail, on the thread about Puerto Rican statehood. 

So the dodge is over.  

Now--Was the Senate designed so that a simple majority can pass needed legislation, 

or was it designed to require a supermajority?