This November, women’s rights and the future of an inclusive and diverse democracy truly are on the ballot. From the Fall issue of Ms.:
This November, women’s rights and the future of an inclusive and diverse democracy truly are on the ballot. Following the, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives advanced three bills that would protect access to reproductive healthcare.
that the Supreme Court should revisit other precedents such as those guaranteeing access to contraception, the House proactively passed the Right to Contraception Act with a 288-195 vote, with only eight Republicans in support. By requiring 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, the U.S. Senate has made American democracy subject to the tyranny of minority rule. President James Madison himself warned against giving the minority vast power, stating in: “In all cases where justice or the general good might require new laws to be passed, or active measures to be pursued, the fundamental principle of free government would be reversed.
Budget reconciliation is the only type of legislation that is exempted from the filibuster under current Senate rules. Using this route, Democrats were able to pass major climate change andpolicies in August as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a reconciliation bill, with a simple majority vote . All Republicans opposed the measure, which had all Democrats in support and Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the 50-50 tie.
In 2013, Democrats used this option to allow the confirmation of non-Supreme Court federal judicial appointments and executive branch appointments with a simple majority vote.In total, the Senate approved 161 exceptions to the filibuster rule between 1969 and 2014. The Senate is an institution that is profoundly obstructive to the desires of the vast majority of Americans.The Women’s Health Protection Act, a Democratic-led bill that would codify a right to an abortion, failed to pass, after it did not reach the Senate’s 60-vote threshold.
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