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It takes 60 votes to break a filibuster (which the GOP has promised to do on a debt ceiling vote). It only takes 51 votes to change the filibuster rules, but a
by weeblewobble 5y ago
It takes 60 votes to break a filibuster (which the GOP has promised to do on a debt ceiling vote).
It only takes 51 votes to change the filibuster rules, but at least 2 Democratic Senators oppose that, so we're kind of stuck.