jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoJoseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down17
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkJoseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82www.washingtonpost.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareblady_blah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIf you have no margin of error then that’s the way it is. Every vote can be a veto. What’s really interesting is how the bar was 60 votes when this was happening but it’s now 50 votes due to massive watering down of veto power in the Senate.
If you have no margin of error then that’s the way it is. Every vote can be a veto.
What’s really interesting is how the bar was 60 votes when this was happening but it’s now 50 votes due to massive watering down of veto power in the Senate.