Majority versus Minority Rule
TDP supports Majority Rule as 51% as written in the U.S. Constitution.
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8/30/20262 min read
A "Quorum" as stated in Clause 1, Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution is a simple majority, fifty-one out of one hundred Senators.
Article I Legislative Branch
Section 5 Proceedings
Clause 1 Authority
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
BIG DONORS, i.e., Billionaires, Bankers, Mega Corps and CEOs love minority rule and prefer smooth bi-partisan legislation instead of pointy, prickly partisan legislation that imposes greater restrictions and taxes on BIG DONORS.
BIG DONORS are the tiny minority in American politics, but BIG DONORS swing the biggest axe thanks to Senate Rule 22 and PAC-funded Democrats and Republicans who vote in the interest of their BIG DONORS.
Senate Rule 22 is inherently unconstitutional as it IGNORES constitutional majority rule and imposes a 60% majority rule before any bill can be voted on in full in the U.S. Senate.
Joe Biden infamously quipped that he strongly opposed eliminating the filibuster (Senate Rule 22) because when Republicans are in charge, Republicans will be able to pass partisan legislation without Democrat input or votes.
TDP supports Majority Rule, eliminating Senate Rule 22 because our U.S. Constitution literally imposes and defines Majority Rule as 51% - not 60%.
What about Biden's concern that when Republicans are in charge, they will be able to pass legislation with 51 Senators, without Democrat input or votes?
TDP is not afraid of Republicans complying with contitutional majority rule precisely because TDP knows that elections have consequences for both Democrats and Republicans.
Fairness remains constitutional.
The reason the Republican Party came up with the need to create and impose Senate Rule 22 in the first place was because elections have consequences.
From approximately 1945 until about 1995 the Democratic Party usually ruled the House, the Senate and the White House for about 50 years; and during that long period Republicans were angry that voters did not support Republicans as much as voters supported Democrats.
In 1978, enter Georgian Republican, hardcore racist Newt Gingrich - the Grandfather of "Stop The Steal" who began propagating the GOP lie that the reason Republicans lost so many elections to Democrats is because Democrats were allowing illegal aliens to vote for Democrats in elections.
Categorically false and remains false to this day.
How else could Gingrich and the Republican Party explain 50 years worth of election losses?
Trump and Republicans will always continue to blame undocumented immigrants for their election losses.
Trump and Republicans also blame undocumented immigrants for everything from housing shortages, job losses and healthcare costs while fatcat Republicans and Democrats remain responsible for housing shortages, cost of living and rising healthcare costs.
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