Source: https://www.lankford.senate.gov/
Source: https://www.lankford.senate.gov/

Sen. James Lankford, R-OK, writes in the Wall Street Journal:

“James Madison explained that the Constitution’s authors considered the Senate to be the great “anchor” of the government. The upper chamber has become an anchor, but I don’t think today’s dilatory Senate is what the Founders had in mind.

“Many Americans see the main issue in the Senate as the filibuster rule, the 60 vote requirement to move on legislation. The Senate should not go to a 51 vote majority for every vote. Because the Senate is the one entity in the federal government where the minority view is heard and deliberation is protected.

“But the Senate isn’t working. First, the minority party has for months abused Senate rules to stall the nomination process and therefore the entire Senate calendar. Second, the arcane rules of the Senate always force a painfully slow legislative pace….”

Read more at https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-make-the-senate-work-again-1501624336

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