290 in the House that can’t reliably produce a 218 simple majority.
67 in the Senate that can’t get 60 to over-ride a filibuster.
Then you need ratification by 38 states. In 2020, Biden won 25 + DC, Trump won 25.
So to get ratification on any hot button issue, you need ALL of the states on “your” side + 13 states from the “other” side.
Want to get rid of guns? Go ahead, find 13 red states who will agree, I’ll wait. Hell, out of the 25 blue states, only 19 have Democratic state houses, so you’ll likely lose 6 there too… now you need 19 red states and good luck with that.
Flip it around, want to ban abortion? Maybe you can get all 25 red states + the 6 blue states with Republican state houses, you’re still 7 short. Good luck getting Washington/Oregon/California/Hawaii on board…
Can’t happen with current divisions.
An amendment starts with 290 votes in the House and they can BARELY get a 218 vote simple majority.
And thats even before you have to convince X number of GOP controlled statehouses to ratify something.
Yup.
290 in the House that can’t reliably produce a 218 simple majority.
67 in the Senate that can’t get 60 to over-ride a filibuster.
Then you need ratification by 38 states. In 2020, Biden won 25 + DC, Trump won 25.
So to get ratification on any hot button issue, you need ALL of the states on “your” side + 13 states from the “other” side.
Want to get rid of guns? Go ahead, find 13 red states who will agree, I’ll wait. Hell, out of the 25 blue states, only 19 have Democratic state houses, so you’ll likely lose 6 there too… now you need 19 red states and good luck with that.
Flip it around, want to ban abortion? Maybe you can get all 25 red states + the 6 blue states with Republican state houses, you’re still 7 short. Good luck getting Washington/Oregon/California/Hawaii on board…