POL SCI 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pocket Veto, Hillary Clinton, Unanimous Consent
3 Nov 2016
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Operation by unanimous consent vs rules in house: no rules in senate, uc agreement: no single senator objects. Any senator may speak or amend, with no time limit. Requires 3/5 of the senate (60 votes) to invoke cloture (supermajority) By default, senators can keep talking about a bill as long as they want: never pass any bill (delay legislation) Specific example: used to stop civil rights rule in that era: can talk about anything. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: e(cid:374)ator ted cruz reads (cid:862) a(cid:373) i a(cid:373)(cid:863) Uses holds too (cid:894)(cid:373)oder(cid:374) filibusters(cid:895): do(cid:374)(cid:859)t pass this bill u(cid:374)til we have 60 votes. Media attention on issues the senate holds: solution: someone can motion for cloture. Once passed, a bill is sent to the other chamber for consideration: reconcile differences through. Each chamber appoints a number of members into a committee of both chambers: people in former relevant committee, majority party ensures their reps will rep majority party, agree to a new version.
