How Republicans Could Overcome Filibusters by Senate Democrats

From The Daily Signal.com (Nov. 10):

As Democrats strategize on how to stop conservative legislation from making its way to Donald Trump’s desk in the White House, Republicans have a little-known rule in their toolbox that would allow them to pass legislation, including a repeal of Obamacare, with a simple majority.

Democrats were able to keep 48 seats in the Senate after Tuesday’s election, giving the party the power to filibuster legislation and effectively prevent conservative policies from being enacted.

But Republicans can turn to a seldom-used Senate rule that would allow them to pass legislation by a simple majority vote—legislation that has a greater chance of earning Trump’s signature after he assumes office Jan. 20.

Called the two-speech rule, the tool limits senators to giving only two speeches in one legislative day on a question before the Senate. A legislative day, which differs from a calendar day, ends when the upper chamber adjourns.

Once a senator gives those two speeches, he or she is not allowed to speak again. [read more]

Works for me. If the roles were reversed this is what the Dems in the Senate would do in a heartbeat. Politics is war to them and the Republicans ought to know that by now.

If the Republicans in the Senate activate this rule the Dems would call fowl of course. That’s their modus operandi.