Senators invoked cloture by a vote of of 51-49, thanks to the “nuclear option” first engineered by Democrats under former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) in 2013, lowering the threshold from 60 to 51 for presidential nominations.
This summarizes the expansion of presidential power as well. We are the real losers though. They'll just make a big noise and say that the other side is abusing the power and repeat this message on the campaign trial to whip up votes.
This summarizes the expansion of presidential power as well. We are the real losers though. They'll just make a big noise and say that the other side is abusing the power and repeat this message on the campaign trial to whip up votes.
They change things cause it works for them at the time but then it gets used against them.