“They’re gonna go to budget reconciliation, which I believe would set a very bad precedent, because essentially — if they could do it, and I don't know if they can do it, but if they could do it — what you have done, effectively, is to take away the filibuster in the United States Senate,” Quayle said. “So, therefore, you have 51 votes in the House and 51 votes in the Senate. That is not what our Founding Fathers had in mind. That is not the constitutional process.”
via Quayle: 51 Votes ‘Not What Our Founding Fathers Had In Mind’ (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire.
Can someone please point out me the part of the Constitution that forbids a simple majority vote in the Senate? Obviously I’m miles behind the esteemed former Vice President and Senator as Constitutional scholar. After all he was ahead of his time as a veritable Sarah Palin of the 80s.
Where you been, we’ve missed you sooooooo, much. Muwah!
