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can’t decide what’s more insulting, sinema declaring that simple majority rule is a radical attack on democracy, or how she hails the filibuster as preventing rapid swings in policymaking rather than facilitating them by empowering the executive branch and the courts — PolitiTweet.org

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there are a lot of things that are just left unanswered — how does a simple majority threshold for legislation preclude bipartisan negotiation? — but one thing worth noting is that, technically, the filibuster requires a supermajority to end debate, not to pass a bill. — PolitiTweet.org