06-01-2021, 04:47 PM
I have no problems with people using the tools available to them to stall or prevent legislative processes. If you don't like it, then change the rules. That's why I am supportive of ending the filibuster. I don't like it. Do I think it has been used for good? Sure. Do I still want to see it end? Yep. Were I on the opposing side of this situation I'd be calling for a change to the rules on quorum.
Minority rule has been explained, already, in here. Now, I don't complain about it in the Senate as much as I do about the Presidency or the House of Representatives (because the majority party can absolutely represent a smaller amount of the population there, as well). But my remedies for that are popular presidential elections and an increased number of Representatives tied to the population.
Minority rule has been explained, already, in here. Now, I don't complain about it in the Senate as much as I do about the Presidency or the House of Representatives (because the majority party can absolutely represent a smaller amount of the population there, as well). But my remedies for that are popular presidential elections and an increased number of Representatives tied to the population.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
