05-06-2021, 01:41 PM
(05-06-2021, 01:32 PM)Dill Wrote: 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.So, you don't like the US Senate functioning as designed. Got it.
Quote:But you already knew this, having heard this argument before, and in greater historical detail, on the thread about Puerto Rican statehood.
Quote: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?
Thank you for answering. Now kindly direct me to your posts that complained about this "minority rule" during the four years of the Trump administration. After all, the GOP held a majority of the Senate seats, how dare the Democratic minority stymie the GOP legislation.
