• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It’s a legitimate question, it’s not a lie that Democrats are blocking the GOP on this and you need to get educated on how your government works.

    tl;dr: A budget bill needs a supermajority to pass and be fillibuster proof.

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      3 days ago

      It’s also not a lie that Trump has ordered Republicans not to negotiate with Democrats because a shutdown gives him more power to fire people from the executive branch.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago
      1. A supermajority is 60- 67- or 75
      2. 60 votes are not needed to pass a budget since 1974 when they put a clause in specifically to ensure the budget can bypass the filibuster after 20 hrs.