• credo@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Are you trying to pass an amendment? They actually had a supermajority for 72 days. Not that they didn’t get anything done, mind you, but the point stands.

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        7 hours ago

        The filibuster is a thing and that regularly prevents anything from getting done without 60 votes.

        Obama in his book (A Promised Land) talks about this and how his biggest regret is not ending the filibuster as his first action because it proceeded to cripple his entire administration and agenda for the majority of his presidency.