So there's an existing norm in the Senate that allows the filibuster. Filibuster doesn't appear in the Constitution. It's just a tradition in the Senate. That doesn't automatically mean it's good.
nine votes shy of the 60 needed to clear the 100-member chamber’s filibuster hurdle. The ERA was proposed in 1923 and passed Congress until 1972. Under U.S. law, amendments to the Constitution ...
nine votes shy of the 60 needed to clear the 100-member chamber's filibuster hurdle. The ERA was proposed in 1923 and passed Congress in 1972. Under U.S. law, amendments to the Constitution must ...
The US Senate blocked the Equal Rights Amendment that ensures gender equality from being ratified into law in 2023, a century ...