GOP grip on filibuster weapon is shaky
November 12th, 2008 at 07:40pm Pat Cunningham
The conventional political wisdom, based on simple mathematics, is that U.S. Senate Republicans retained filibuster power when Democrats failed to increase their number of seats to 60 in last week’s election.
This arrangement, the theory goes, will allow Republican senators to block any exceedingly liberal legislation pushed by the Democratic majority.
But the wisdom and the theory are both wrong — or least not nearly as solid as one might think.
Joe Conason EXPLAINS the situation.
POSTSCRIPT: If you need a refresher course on the filibuster, check HERE.
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