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Yeah, but you think they could have come up with some more civilized way of accomplishing the same thing.


Sure, requiring a 60-vote super-majority to pass any bill rather than the standard 51-vote majority would be an entirely civilized way to deal with it. But, many feel that such a rule would bad for the Senate's ability to ever get any work done. The filibuster, in practice, serves to allow the minority party, in limited circumstances, to require a 60-vote super-majority.