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Best Of: Fixing the Filibuster

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How to Get Rid of the Filibuster for Judiciary Appointments

If the 20 22 election were to run contrary to form, and the party of governmenth crats were to pick up seats in the senate, they'd only need to pick up a couple to make cinema and mansions votes less important. They would have to debilitate the existing pilibuster rule. And the nuclear option would be the way forward. But changing the rulecurrently requires two thirds of those presedent voting is a very high hurdal. The method by which the senate evolves is by precedent. This is what was done in order to get rid of the pilibuster as it relates to judicial appointments. So this is about exend your proposals, to extend it to

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