Comment on YSK americans requires 60 votes out of 100 in the Senate to pass any law. Most americans think it's very smart. But in Canada or Britain, you just need a simple majority

rbesfe@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Would be useful in the US too IMO

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• marcos@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In Brazil every expense that is required by law just keeps getting paid, whether there’s a budget or not.

  We spent 4 months this year without a budget due to neither house agreeing with each other and none agreeing wit the Executive. Almost nobody noticed, it didn’t even make it into news.

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