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It’s not factual that democratic senators are blocking the bill. Republicans have a majority in both houses and can pass the bill at any time.
by plantwallshoe 1y ago
It’s not factual that democratic senators are blocking the bill. Republicans have a majority in both houses and can pass the bill at any time.
- mcmcmc 1y agoBudget resolutions require 60 votes to pass, so they really can’t. But they know that and their refusal to negotiate is blocking it. Dems are doing what’s best for their constituents by not voting for a budget that would skyrocket healthcare costs for millions of Americans. Meanwhile the GOP is spreading misinformation that Dems want to fund healthcare for illegal immigrants, who have NEVER been eligible for it.
- bbatsell 1y agoBudget resolutions for quite some time have used the reconciliation process, which only requires a simple majority (but imposes some restrictions). The problem is that they shoved through the “OBBBA” using the process intended for the budget, and now it’s no longer available. You can only use the process once per year per subject (spending, revenue, debt limit), and the OBBBA used up all three.
- plantwallshoe 1y agoThere is no law requiring 60 votes. Only a senate rule, which can be overturned with 51 votes.
- nonethewiser 1y agoThe Republicans have 53 votes. They need 60. They got 55.
- Jtsummers 1y agoThey need 50 + Vance. They can change the rules for the funding vote to only require a simple majority, they've elected not to. If they did this, the shutdown would be over. Alternatively, since they're just 5 Democratic votes away they could have offered some compromise to sway a few more Democrats than they got (they only got two so far). They don't need to win the entire party over, just enough.
- dingnuts 1y agonot true, they do not have a super majority in the Senate and need a handful of Democrats to vote with them to achieve the 60 votes they need. that said, somehow the Democrats always find Republicans to compromise with them when they have a simple majority, so I do not know why it is so hard for the Republicans to soften their demands enough to peel off some moderates to vote with them
- estearum 1y agoBecause they’re in a cult. I mean this as an actual functional explanation. Compromise in the modern GOP is seen as disloyalty and you will immediately come into the crosshairs of literally the biggest bully on the planet and his hordes of enablers.
- plantwallshoe 1y agoThere is no law requiring 60 votes. Only a senate rule, which can be overturned with 51 votes.