Junior Democrats in Senate seek to change the way chamber does business.

elleng

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Sun Nov-14-10 11:08 PM
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Junior Democrats in Senate seek to change the way chamber does business.

Senate Democrats are expected to elect the same party veterans as their leaders when they return to work this week, but a new class of junior lawmakers is exerting its influence by challenging the chamber's sacred traditions and the partisan, top-down governing style that has marked the past two years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/14/AR2010111404068.html?hpid=topnews

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Mojorabbit

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Sun Nov-14-10 11:26 PM
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1. Now they are looking to change the 60 vote rule. nt

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Ozymanithrax

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Sun Nov-14-10 11:39 PM
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3. With the new Congress, the Senate rules can be changed...

Edited on Sun Nov-14-10 11:39 PM by Ozymanithrax

with only a majority vote. Once the rules are apporved it requries a 2/3rds majority to change Senate rules.

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OHdem10

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Sun Nov-14-10 11:33 PM
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2. They always change it when Republicans are gaining power.

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