> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Mr. X wrote:
>
>> The real question is why Republican presidents got major
>> bills passed and never needed 60 votes?
>
> Their major bills are tax cuts, which don't need 60 votes, and
> increasing war appropriations, for which both sides can get 60.
>
> But I've been doing some research and I'm now convinced the 60 vote
> limit can be utterly scrapped with one majority vote at the beginning
> of the term. More to follow.
No, I'm quite sure the filibuster could be scrapped any time of the day or night by the majority party. It doesn't have to be at the beginning of the session, just like last time:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912966,00.html
-- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor