Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 195
Shake Up
“The majority decides in the House; the majority decides in the Supreme Court; and the president, of course, is a majority of one. Only in the Senate does the minority restrain the power of the majority.”
— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), quoted by The Hill, defending the filibuster.
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