Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Filibust this

After the state of the union address, Senator Mitch McConnell was on NPR stating something along the lines of all legislation requires 60 votes to get past the Senate. If I remember correctly, weren't the Republicans pushing to eliminate the filibuster to get the president's Supreme Court nominations cleared? Something about how the filibuster isn't in the Constitution, so it can be ignored. Does Senator McConnell now think 1) Supreme Court members should require 50 votes and 2) legislation requires 60 votes? I'm waiting for some clarification...

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