Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoPlease someone explain how there could be a gov shutdown when republicans control the senate and the house? But are blaming the Dems who are way in the minority???message-squaremessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarePlease someone explain how there could be a gov shutdown when republicans control the senate and the house? But are blaming the Dems who are way in the minority???Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-214 days ago A supermajority is 60- 67- or 75 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.
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