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What about the filibuster, requiring 60 votes in the Senate, which necessarily means some Democratic votes to get things through?https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/954387763977162752 …
My point is not that Republicans are blameless if the government shuts down. They certainly are the ones to blame. It is that framing which ignores the Democrats' ability to filibuster is less persuasive than framing which takes it into account.
There is a tool called reconciliation to allow a senate majority to bypass a filibuster and fund the government, is there not?
Yes, but it can't be used here because it was used to pass the tax bill.
That’s sorta my point: who told republicans to pass a reconciliation bill that didn’t fund the government? Seems like their own damn fault.
GOP can’t get to even simple majority on this one so blaming filibuster is kind of pointless.
If GOP was interested in working across the aisle by negotiating and compromising, they could get the additional votes. The fact that they won’t play well with others demonstrates that they own this. #Graham-Durbin!
Plus the filibuster is bad and the Republicans should kill it.
It's a fair point, though offset by the fact that Republicans don't even have 50 votes right now. Democrats could, in theory at least, vote for cloture and the CR still wouldn't pass.
DACA and CHIP are supported by 85% of Americans and Dems would vote for it. Republicans claim to be for those too so why not add it? How is it the Dems fault? By the way, they have list Graham and Flake already. Paul maybe, Rounds flipped. McCain is sick so they have 47 votes
What about the Senate GOP not even looking like they have 50 votes right now?
What about the responsibility of the majority to govern ALL citizens, negotiate in good faith, and bargain such that a handful of lawmakers cross the isle? Two can play the whatabout game
what about it ? Senate rules, no one should be surprised ----at all. All this claptrap coming from @MCShort45 and @MickMulvaneyOMB is disgusting. @JoyAnnReid
Of course you know that, unless you have a supermajority, the majority party's responsibility is to address the demands of the minority. If they can't (or, in this case, won't), then they're failing to uphold one of the responsibilities of governing.
That's why it's grating to see analysis that attempts to apportion responsibility for a shutdown to the Democrats; their demands are clear, and the GOP is intentionally not meeting them.
a rare instance when mild bipartisanship is required to govern?
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