This article proposes that the U.S. Senate adopt a “popular-majoritarian cloture rule,” under which a motion to close debate and proceed to a final vote would carry if but only if supported by a majority of Senators who collectively represent a larger share of the population than those Senators in opposition. This rule, which would be a constitutional exercise of the Senate’s power to set the rules of its proceedings, would make the body more democratic and more functional, and would be preferable both to the current filibuster rule and to simple majority rule.

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从内部使参议院民主化

本文建议美国参议院采用“大众多数主义风格规则”，根据该规则，结束辩论并进行最终投票的动议只有在获得共同代表更大份额的大多数参议员的支持时才能通过。人口比那些反对的参议员。这条规则将是参议院制定其程序规则的权力的宪法行使，将使该机构更加民主和更加实用，并且比目前的阻挠规则和简单多数规则更可取。