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Thats cabinet secretaries, judges, you name it, except supreme court justices. then in 2017 we saw the change lowered to 50-vote threshold to supreme court justices too. even the modern history of this tool has shown a lot of change, at least a lot of change in senate terms. and i dont think that effort to change it and shape it will stop anytime soon. but as we saw last night, its pretty well stuck. >> i dont understand how you can filibuster while youre still sitting in your office. why do the...

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Arguments of the prime ministers allies means a change of prime minister means a general election and puts constituencies at risk, and fewer people will stick the knife in than expected. the key number is 5a. that is the number of letters that have to be received by the chair of the backbench1922 committee to trigger a vote of confidence. recent precedent suggests it could happen very quickly. it was the next day after the threshold was reached that theresa may won her a vote of confidence. that...

Violent and aggressive, if they dont like what i say. and i think we have all got a responsibility, the social media companies have a responsibility to ensure they take down abusive posts quickly, you know, often when we report abuse, social medias companies say it doesnt reach the threshold, and, you know, that is wrong, if we are reporting abuse it means it has reached a threshold so social media companies have a responsibility. as citizens as global citizens we have a responsibilityf citizens...

Investigation and were in touch with the metropolitan police. we understand from the police they believe a number of the events, not all events, when i say parties, im talking about nearly a dozen parties if not more were talking about across two years. some of those events now have reached that threshold that investigators need to see if there was eye break of rules. police were on the streets issuing fines. fines as high as 10,000 pounds. so potentially, potentially if there is found to be a b...

Full representation to get a black woman on to the supreme court and a short list you have been talking about, some names circulated, including his first judicial nominees, widely expected to be at the top of the list, brown jackson, u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. the senate can confirm the nominee with only a simple majority. back in 2017, republicans lowered the threshold from the 60 vote threshold with the filibuster to a simple majority, and now the democrats will have their ver...

Questions over trust _ one law for another. and given the questions over trust in _ one law for another. and given the questions over trust in the - questions over trust in the government and in the prime minister personally, we saw cressida dick trying to explain the process and the threshold for the police are launching an investigation into downing street events and in whitehall, and the fact that until now police have had finite resources, other priorities perhaps, but how important is it mo...

Olympics, the athletes, the olympic personnel, the media, theyre employing this in whats going to be a surprise to a lot of people. i think folks who are coming in are shocked to see this zero covid strategy and how its going to play out. yes, theyre lowering the threshold a bit but theyre still maintaining a very strict policy when it comes to those testing positive, having to be isolated and for a certain period of time, will stay that way until theyre deemed safe enough to re-enter the rest o...

Nearly every party line response to the problems we face in this body, every partisan action taken to protect a cherished value has led us to more division. not less. the impact is clear for all to see. the steady escalation of tit for tat in which each new majority weakens the guardrails of the senate and excludes input from the other party furthering resentment and anger amongst this body and our constituents at home. democrats increased use of requiring culture for judicial nominees under pre...

A return to the talking filibuster, can you make people actually debate even if you keep it at a 60 vote threshold, and there is potential talk about a bipartisan effort to clarify some of the processes around the electoral vote count, and vice presidents role. but none of these address the larger picture issues, which is protecting, you know, access to early voting, protecting access to mail-in voting, allowing people to give other people water in line, making election day a holiday, a whole ra...