What a magnanimous gesture it would be from the newly expanded majority in furthering a new tone and a new era of bipartisanship if we were to begin bipartisan discussions in earnest on improving and civilizing what has traditionally been a partisan process.
Byrd calls for bipartisan discussions to improve the budget process.
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The Framers recognized that a minority can be right and that a majority can be wrong.
makes the majority leader and the majority party the subject of the minority, subject to the control and the will of the minority.
I have proposed a variety of improvements to Senate Rules to achieve a more sensible balance allowing the majority to function while still protecting minority rights.