none of the top ten albums last year where from 2023. we had greatest hits albums from eltonjohn, abba, fleetwood mac, they were all kounde of crowding out the field because people are streaming those classic hits. the only album from 2023 in the top ten was taylor swift 1989, a recording of an album she first released in 2014. you are right, that does make it harderfor released in 2014. you are right, that does make it harder for new artists to gain a foothold to get high up the festival bills, get promoted and for the new classic songs to take hold and become part of the cultural fabric in the way that they used to. we of the cultural fabric in the way that they used to. of the cultural fabric in the way that they used to. we saw this with the christmas that they used to. we saw this with the christmas number that they used to. we saw this with the christmas number one - that they used to. we saw this with the christmas number one with - that they used to. we saw this with the c
constitutional guarantee of majority rule in congress. the court system has never before entered into the senate s internal role making, and quite frankly, it is unlikely to do so now. but they re trying. the other track is in the senate. majority leader harry reid keeps threatening to change the rules. he says it will happen at the very beginning of the next congress. the very first item on the agenda. the main idea under consideration, the main way to change the rules comes from oregon democrat jeff merkley. if you want to filibuster, you can t say 60 vote rule, too bad. can t vote on that. you actually have to go down and hold the floor and talk and talk and talk and talk all night and for days and for weeks. you need to work for it. there is merit to this idea. it would make filibusters harder on the minority. it would make them more transparent to the public. it would make them less likely on popular bills, but it wouldn t reverse the transformation of the senate into a place wher
the republican leader who is using it all the time because it is your main kind of power you try to stop reform of it. now there are a couple of plans for changing the fill buster to make it less common or more difficult or even to eradicate it all together. first, there is a lawsuit. a real one. it is in the courts and everything for house democrats and a good governance group called common cause are suing the senate. that court case began this weekend in washington. they argue the filibuster is illegal because it infringes on what they see as a constitutional guarantee of majority rule in congress. the court system has never before entered into the senate s internal role making, and quite frankly, it is unlikely to do so now. but they re trying. the other track is in the senate. majority leader harry reid keeps threatening to change the rules. he says it will happen at the very beginning of the next congress. the very first item on the agenda. the main idea under consideration, the m
a real one. it is in the courts and everything for house democrats and a good governance group called common cause are suing the senate. that court case began this weekend in washington. they argue the filibuster is illegal because it infringes on what they see as a constitutional guarantee of majority rule in congress. the court system has never before entered into the senate s internal role making, and quite frankly, it is unlikely to do so now. but they re trying. the other track is in the senate. majority leader harry reid keeps threatening to change the rules. he says it will happen at the very beginning of the next congress. the very first item on the agenda. the main idea under consideration, the main way to change the rules comes from oregon democrat jeff merkley. if you want to filibuster, you can t say 60 vote rule, too bad.
one of the uncertainties a lot of people in the business community are worried about has to do with the fact that there s so much role-making that has yet to occur. hundreds of rules, dozens of studies. is that not a possible reason as to because there are so many things that were left vague in this legislation let s be clear. rule-making doesn t take place based on legislative vagueness. rule-making happens in virtually every piece of legislation that is passed in order to implement legislative directives. the vice president said the business community right now should not have uncertainty because this legislation was passed. the truth is they don t know i think the legislative intent is clear. i do not believe that i think this provides certainty for people on wall street. it provides certainty for people that work in the financial industry. and i think it provides certainty for those on main street, that they re going to be