Just as one Congress cannot enact a law that a subsequent Congress could not amend by majority vote, one Senate cannot enact a rule that a subsequent Senate could not amend by majority vote. Such power, after all, would violate the general common law principle that one parliament cannot bind another.
Senator Udall discusses the need for filibuster reform and references Senator Cornyn's views on Senate rules.
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