Our world’s “greatest deliberative body” becomes less deliberative by the Congress.

The Senate has been doing more with less for years: approving federal judges with simple majorities, approving Supreme Court justices with simple majorities, relying on budget reconciliation, which requires only 51 votes, to pass sweeping legislation rather than using regular order.

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