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What would have happened if the Dems somehow fired the person who made that call and overrode the "dumb conventions"? Would the recovery bill have made it through the senate?
Political precedent. IIRC it has happened before, but only when the parlamentarían was being useless/obstructionist. There are certain lines that change the game once they’re crossed, this is a small example of one.
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What would have happened if the Dems somehow fired the person who made that call and overrode the "dumb conventions"? Would the recovery bill have made it through both houses?
Really struggling to get my head around this idea that it is acceptable for any government to abandon their own laws and guidelines to push something through.