{{{ Instead, Johnson failed to win over enough of his more hardline conservative colleagues to pass a rule, and he was forced to move the bill “under suspension,” a maneuver that required the package to win the support of a significant number of Democrats. In the end, Glassman said, Johnson found himself making the same trade-off that got his predecessor, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, booted from the job: swapping conservative votes for Democratic support to keep the government open. }}}
“Under suspension” means a 2/3 majority of the House is needed for passage. A lot of popular ideas like a public-option to allow people under 65 to sign-up for Medicare, reasonable gun control, etc. have more than 2/3 support among the public. Maybe it would be better if we just kept running things this way. A 2/3 vote threshold is better than letting 8 or 10 malcontents shut everything down.
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