With the news that an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the events of January 6 was blocked by a GOP filibuster, much attention again has turned to this relic of our system, which many point out is found nowhere in the U.S.
How in the world do we change this? If Senate has this much power (which it obviously does), how can it be change, overridden? And what are the chances of it even happening?
You'd think it would be a relatively cheap campaign effort to flip small rural states, as opposed to a larger one such as Florida. I wonder which one is closest to being flippable.
How in the world do we change this? If Senate has this much power (which it obviously does), how can it be change, overridden? And what are the chances of it even happening?
You'd think it would be a relatively cheap campaign effort to flip small rural states, as opposed to a larger one such as Florida. I wonder which one is closest to being flippable.
I had thought Montana in '20, but it didn't happen.
Can you explain Aaron Burr’s relationship to ‘white rule’? Do you have some primary source that lays that out?