See: Filibuster [1] 60 votes are required to break the filibuster in the Senate, and whatever their private ideas (e.g., I've seen reports from credible source

See: Filibuster [1] 60 votes are required to break the filibuster in the Senate, and whatever their private ideas (e.g., I've seen reports from credible sources that no less than 44 R Senators personally support raising the debt ceiling), there are apparently zero R votes to go against their leader and end the filibuster. Interesting times. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster