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Financing the 2020 Election
Molly E. Reynolds, John C. Green
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Special rules enable the Senate to act despite the filibuster.
Sometimes. Most people believe that, in today's partisan
environment, the filibuster prevents the Senate from acting on all
but the least controversial matters. But that knowledge is not
exactly correct. In fact, the Senate since the 1970s has created a
series of special rules described by Molly Reynolds as
""majoritarian exceptions"" that limit debate on a wide range of
measures on the Senate floor. The details of these exemptions might
sound arcane and technical, but in practice they have enabled the
Senate to act even when it otherwise seems paralyzed. Important
examples include procedures used to pass the annual congressional
budget resolution, enact budget reconciliation bills, review
proposals to close military bases, attempt to prevent arms sales,
ratify trade agreements, and reconsider regulations promulgated by
the executive branch. Reynolds argues that these procedures
represent a key instrument of majority party power in the Senate.
They allow the majority even if it does not have the sixty votes
needed to block a filibuster to produce policies that will improve
its future electoral prospects, and thus increase the chances it
remains the majority party. As a case study, Exceptions to the Rule
examines the Senate's role in the budget reconciliation process, in
which particular congressional committees are charged with
developing procedurally protected proposals to alter certain
federal programs in their jurisdictions. Created as a way of
helping Congress work through tricky budget issues, the
reconciliation process has become a powerful tool for the majority
party to bypass the minority and adopt policy changes in hopes that
it will benefit in the next election cycle.
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