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Sixty Votes and the Dark Side of Bipartisanship

By Henry L. Chambers, Jr.

A constitutionally troubling concept seems to be gaining currency with those in the government and in the media.  It is that it takes 60 votes to pass a piece of legislation in the Senate.  Of course, the relevant parties understand that only 51 votes are required for the actual passage of legislation.  Indeed, many have [...]

Full post as published by Essentially Contested America on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).