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umanwizard
on Nov 6, 2024
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Trump wins presidency for second time
You need 60/100 votes to control the senate, which they did not have, so no, they didn’t hold the senate.
jkestner
on Nov 6, 2024
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With a simple majority, they can change the rules of the Senate so that a simple majority will get a bill passed. The filibuster is not in the Constitution.
daedrdev
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Manchin and Senna refused to do that, as the most conservative democrats in districts trump won by double digits. Thus they did not have the votes.
lokar
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We are probably about to see that in action
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