No, the GOP Doesn’t Need 60 Votes to Open the Government
And Why Republicans Are Standing Back and Watching the Democrats Burn The ongoing government shutdown drama has reignited a common myth in Washington: that the GOP needs 60 votes in the Senate to fund the government. That’s false. If Republicans truly wanted to, they could invoke the so-called “nuclear option” (eliminating the legislative filibuster for…
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