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The GOP has 53 senators. Under current Senate procedural rules, they need 60 votes to pass a budget.
Having said that, they only need 50 votes to change Senate procedural rules. However, for reasons I do not comprehend, Senators from both bodies have been surprisingly resistant to the idea of removing or adding exemptions to the 60 vote requirement.
Because simple majority would swing back the other way in no time and there would be little the current majority party could do. Every two years it’s likely to change these days
Good. There can be no bipartisan consensus with fascists.
But the point is the fascists would have more power. When it inevitably swings back in their favor. That’s the point
They could also use Reconciliation, I think. That would just require 50.
They can can only do that once per type of budget bill, per year. And since they can't stand not getting what they want, they obviously had to use it the first chance they got.
Another Senate rule that could be changed by a simple majority.
The reason the government is shut down is because the Republicans want it that way. All their squawking is just blame-shifting.
Because the requirement for a supermajority means nothing gets done. The Senate is there to ensure that intertia rules.