_portrait.jpg){kind=link}
this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2024
961 points (98.2% liked)
Leopards Ate My Face
3330 readers
901 users here now
Rules:
- If you don't already have some understanding of what this is, try reading this post. Off-topic posts will be removed.
- Please use a high-quality source to explain why your post fits if you think it might not be common knowledge and isn't explained within the post itself.
- The mods are fallible; if you've been banned or had a comment removed, you're encouraged to appeal it.
- For accessibility reasons, an image of text must either have alt text or a transcription in the comments.
- All Lemmy.World Terms of Service apply.
Also feel free to check out [email protected] (also active).
Icon credit C. Brück on Wikimedia Commons.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You only need simple majority to pass most bills. You need 60 votes to bypass any filibuster attempts (this is called cloture).
There's also standing that "budget neutral bills over 10 years" need less red tape before being voted on.
I think they have what they need to repeal ACA, but not enough to shut down filibustering
The filibuster is just a Senate rule, though, which they can rewrite any time they like (though usually only after an election).
The 2017 repeal effort used a budget reconciliation mechanism that is not subject to filibuster. In fact, a lot of the 2017 legislative awfulness used the budget reconciliation hack, where the Senate can change laws in order to 'balance the budget,' so long as (by convention) they don't change policy. 2017 repeal, of course, famously failed because John McCain thought they shouldn't use that process and voted against it.
They also need to not be squabbling little narcissists. That's what stopped them from repealing it between 2016-2018.