Today's "nuclear option" by the U.S. Senate Democratic majority was not "breaking the rules." They followed the rules of the Senate, and here's why:
- When the initial rules were written that required 60 votes to override a filibuster, they either left in, or added, the ability for Senate members to override/overturn the decision of the parliamentarian ... by a simple 51 vote majority. Today's actions followed those rules.
Why aren't the rules that are followed by the House of Representatives good enough for the Senate? Elections have consequences- majority rule, with respectable exceptions for Amendments to the Constitution.
There were no laws broken- the Democrats followed the rules.