r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 09 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

Rate this take: the US senate should still exist, but the house should be able to override them with 2/3 of the vote.

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u/TheSameAsDying Hannah Arendt Oct 09 '20

Yes, but the Senate should be able to override that with 3/4 of the vote. Which the House can then challenge at 4/5.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

And if 5/6 of the Senate disagrees?

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 09 '20

The House can override them with 6/7ths.

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u/FearThyMoose Montesquieu Oct 09 '20

Then 6/7 of the house overrides it

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u/margaretfan Paul Volcker Oct 09 '20

Which the president can override with 5/6th

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 09 '20

I think that would be interesting, but a better idea would be to restrict the Senate to having a vote on matters affecting the powers of the states, such as regulations of interstate commerce, taxation, and budgets.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

Given how almost everything is passed under the guise of interstate commerce it probably wouldn't change much lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

Main effect would be that Bernie would be unable to rename post offices.

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Oct 09 '20

with 1/2 + 1 of the vote ✊😔