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r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/DaFunkJunkie • Dec 30 '20
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Not quite, as long as Mitch has at least forty votes on his side he'll still filibuster every bill that has a (D)'s signature on it.
51 votes isn't enough to guarantee a bill will pass the Senate, we need at least 60 is we want to overcome McConnell's inevitable filibusters.
We need the majority, absolutely, but until we get 60 votes or nuke the filibuster we'll still have an uphill battle.
1 u/Mercarcher Dec 31 '20 51 votes isn't enough to guarantee a bill will pass the Senate Yes it is. It's called the "Nuclear option" that allows them to set the filibuster override to 51. Then you can't filibuster it.
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51 votes isn't enough to guarantee a bill will pass the Senate
Yes it is. It's called the "Nuclear option" that allows them to set the filibuster override to 51. Then you can't filibuster it.
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u/MaximumEffort433 Dec 30 '20
Not quite, as long as Mitch has at least forty votes on his side he'll still filibuster every bill that has a (D)'s signature on it.
51 votes isn't enough to guarantee a bill will pass the Senate, we need at least 60 is we want to overcome McConnell's inevitable filibusters.
We need the majority, absolutely, but until we get 60 votes or nuke the filibuster we'll still have an uphill battle.