This proposal, which is patterned on the power of the British House of Lords to block most bills passed by the House of Commons from becoming law for up to a year, would strike a better balance between a majority’s right to govern and a minority’s right to be heard.[8] A suspensory veto would also bring the Senate back to its traditional practice, which allowed a determined majority to get its way except at the end of a Congress when claims of undue haste were more… [read post]

Terkel says of James T. [read post]