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Originally Posted by theking
A majority is a majority. Every two years for the House...every four years for the Presidency...every six years for the Senate the American voters can change who is in the majority...if they so choose. Past history dictates that the voters normally vote for the opposite party that is in the Presidency...when it comes to voting for members of the House and Senate. Admittedly this is not the current situation but will probably go back to the norm at some point.
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A majority is a majority? I'd beg to differ. A majority of 60 can stop a filibuster, while a majority of 55 can not. A majority of two thirds can change the constitution, while a majority of three fifths can not.
Changing the rules to change which majority can do what merely because you happen to belong to that majority seems like a rather bad practice to me, even if the rules do allow it.