# Please explain your Senate rules to me

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-your-senate-rules-to-me/943882 "2021-06-09T01:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-your-senate-rules-to-me/943882/39 "2021-06-09T23:57:49Z")

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The Constitution itself contains provisions for supermajorities and unamendable amendments. Why couldn’t the Senate, with the same nearly absolute power of setting its own rules do the same?

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