But since the senate has an even stronger rural bias than the house and requires a supermajority of 60 to avoid filibusters , things could get even messier .
不过既然参议院比众议院有更浓的乡村偏好,阻挠议程需要60席以上的绝对多数,情况可能会加倍棘手。
To that end , he supports some rather obscure changes to the procedures of the senate : timelier votes on the president 's nominees to judgeships and other senior posts , fewer filibusters , more scope for the minority to offer amendments , and so on .
But the chamber has operated for decades under rules that were designed to overcome filibusters but are now used to require a 60-vote supermajority for most important bills .
数十年来参议院一直遵守这项克服阻挠议案的原则,但是现在最重大的议案都要求达到60票的绝对多数。
Democrats , who took control of congress in 2007 , have postponed a decision on a trade deal with colombia by amending so-called fast-track authority , which guards against amendments and filibusters and requires a timely vote .
Although this is not enough to give the party a majority in the senate , the democrats will find it ever more difficult to overcome republican filibusters .
尽管这不足以使共和党在参议院中占到多数,但这将使民主党在克服共和党人的反对意见时更加困难
Even if they win control of both the house ( which is likely ) and the senate ( which is less so ) at the mid-terms , they will still be constrained by democratic filibusters in the senate and by the president 's veto .
The two sides also agreed to behave better when it came to blocking republican amendments , on the democrats ' part , and resorting to gratuitous filibusters , on the republicans ' - commitments neither party has lived up to .
Top on the list should be eliminating the gerrymandering of safe seats in the house of representatives and the blocking procedures in senate rules and filibusters .
首要任务应该是遏制众议院安全席徇私舞弊,减少参议院规则中的阻挠程序和阻挠议员。
And if he cheats and filibusters , mr tsvangirai should simply walk out .
反之,如果他进行欺骗或者阻碍议案通过,那么,茨万吉拉伊先生将一走了之。
They were even rewarded for problems they had created ; they had killed health care , campaign finance reform , and lobbying reform with senate filibusters .