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In reply to the discussion: By Ditching the Public Option, Obama Gave His Enemies a Path to the Supreme Court [View all]chowder66
(9,067 posts)if someone uses the filibuster you need to either get a 60 vote majority to overrule that filibuster or you need 67 of 100 for a cloture. That is why the 60 vote keeps happening. If these idiots didn't pull the filibuster every time they want to block a bill then the 51 majority would be sufficient.
Please review the breakdown of how broken the system is at the link I provided. It clarifies a lot.
So yes, you are right on that fact that it takes 51 votes to create a majority but the minority uses the filibuster to force a 60 vote majority to shut down the filibuster......... and they can filibuster until the cows come home..... passing it off to the next guy who wants to kill a bill, stall it and that puts the cost of doing the nations business at the foot of the majority. It's a nasty nasty way of not governing, wasting time and avoiding taking care of business in a particularly intense time.
http://newsbound.com/filibustery-ep-1/
just have a look. It's a good overview and it is a good roadmap for what needs to be fixed.