• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I don’t know that Republicans have ever had a 60 vote majority in the Senate. You need 60 votes to make fundamental changes to the system that the opposition will not support. Things like constitutional amendments.

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        1 hour ago

        I know you need 2/3. 60 votes isn’t the cap. It still allows wide systemic change, but 2/3 makes it more durable.

        • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          35 minutes ago

          Sure. But we need to come back to the original question. Why do Democrats need 60 votes to fix something that Republicans didn’t need 60 votes to destroy?