Click photo to enlarge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
speaks at a news conference discussing the election results on
Capitol Hill on November 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Democrats
retained control of the Senate, while Republicans will retain
control of the House of Representatives. (Photo by Brendan
Hoffman/Getty Images)  Americans are sick and tired of the
gridlock in Congress, and in the Senate at least, that can
change. It's the current filibuster rules, which in effect
require a 60-vote majority to pass legislation, that block the
people's business from moving forward -- and the Senate itself
can change those rules on the first day of a new session by a
simple majority vote, thanks to the wisdom of the Founding
Fathers.  Do it.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's first
order of business in January is to persuade Democrats to revise
the filibuster rules that keep legislation from even being
heard, let alone coming to a vote.  The writers of the
Constitution clearly were aware of the risks of supe