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How to end obstruction by filibuster - Paul Tullis - Grim Tidings - True/Slant

The reason the Senate now requires 60 votes to pass a law is because of unforeseen consequences of a long-ago change in Senate rules implemented by Robert Byrd, I learned from Ezra Klein's blog. Used to be, a filibuster ground all work to a halt. It was the nuclear option—which [...]