[EL] Senate rules

[Gardner, Jim]

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but is there any reason why the Senate couldn’t adopt a cloture rule ending a filibuster upon the vote of any number of senators representing, say, a minimum of 40% of the U.S. population?  For that matter, is there a reason the Senate couldn’t adopt a rule providing that no legislation will be deemed approved except upon the vote of a number of senators representing more than 50% of the population?

Jim

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