Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Constant repetition has apparently made it dogma. Tom Daschle has made the 60 vote 'super-majority' the new rule for any legislation that he dislikes. He has done it enough times that the Times now reports that proponents "...of new exploration would fail to get the 60 votes they need to win under the Senate rules." . The next sentence states: "Some of the vote-counters suggested that the proponents might not have even a bare majority of 51 votes." The Times repeats this theme more than once in the article. Validating the new standards set by the Senate Majority Leader.
A 'bare majority' may not be reached? At least Mr. Daschle is allowing a vote on this one. Republicans need to do a better job of getting people outraged at this. 60 votes is not what is required to pass legislation, it is not a precedent that should be set.
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