Is the Senate more powerful as a government body if it requires 60 votes (rather than 51) to pass legislation?

This goes regardless of whether you're liberal or conservative.



I sort of think Senators themselves become too powerful in the Federal government as a whole if they deliberately make the bar that high to end filibusters. It seems like a procedural tactic that gives the Senate excessive influence in law-making, and tilts the separation of powers to Congress.Is the Senate more powerful as a government body if it requires 60 votes (rather than 51) to pass legislation?You make a good point. The Senate has a greater ability to stop legislation, but that was the intent all along.



Washington said that "The Senate is the saucer that cools the hot tea."Is the Senate more powerful as a government body if it requires 60 votes (rather than 51) to pass legislation?Nothing has really changed. It has always been that way. In fact, before a rule change, one individual could cause a filibusters, but the rule was they had to actually stand up and talk the entire time.