Revenge of the Forgotten Class

[Kinser79]

(11-13-2016, 03:49 PM)Anthony 58 Wrote: How would getting rid of the IRS and going to a national sales tax violate the Norquist Pledge?

And besides, it turns out that McConnell can only end the filibuster on sub-Supreme Court judgeship nominations - and technically, they can use budget reconciliation to repeal the subsidies etc., of ObamaCare, but not to repeal the pre-existing conditions waiver, or even the individual mandate.

The Filibuster is an artifact of the Senate Rules. As such with a New Congress convening in January the Rules Committee can scrap the filibuster if they decide to. I think that they won't though simply because the GOP realizes that one day it will be in the minority again.