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Podcast: The WallBuilders Show
Episode: Majority Rules Or Senate Roadblocks
Description: Ever wonder how 60 votes can stop 51 from passing a bill? We pull back the curtain on the modern filibuster to show how Senate procedure—not the Constitution—decides whether a majority can actually govern. We trace the shift from the old, talk‑until‑you‑drop tactic to today’s cloture threshold and explain when a simple majority can change the rules, when it can’t, and how the nuclear option carved out exceptions for nominations and budget matters. It’s a candid look at principle versus prudence: even if restoring majority rule aligns with the Founders’ intent, what happens when moral consens...