Respuestas al mensaje #458

In the US, having a supermajority in the Senate allows the US President to circumvent the filibuster and actually get things done.

A working majority might be a better term since there are times when you have dissent in the back-benchers or MPs just don't turn up to vote. I...

If you have 51-59 seats in the Senate you have a majority but every bill you try to pass can be filibustered endlessly by the opposition party...

When the President, House, and >=60% of the Senate are of the same party, that party is considered to have a supermajority since it can circumvent...

I see others have pointed out that 60 votes in the Senate can override filibusters, but it's also used at other levels, like super-blue states...

Imagine how cucked a constitution written in 2025 would be. Congress can override a presidential veto with a 2/3s majority. If one party has 290...