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spanone

(135,873 posts) Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:17 PM Jan 2019

Senate needed 60 votes to fund the wall and open govt....they got 51

Joe Manchin voted with the Republicans

Mike Lee & Tom Cotton voted with the Democrats

Next up: Democrats Bill that opens govt. with funds thru 2/11, disaster aid and no money for border wall

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Senate needed 60 votes to fund the wall and open govt....they got 51 (Original Post) spanone Jan 2019 OP

I do not understand why it keeps being said the Senate needs 60 votes to fund Trumps stupid wall standingtall Jan 2019 #1

60-vote rule to close debate on a bill. That is what they were voting on in the Senate. berni_mccoy Jan 2019 #2

Can't help being a stickler... tritsofme Jan 2019 #4

That is correct. I should have been more precise. berni_mccoy Jan 2019 #6

Haa Haa - McConnell LeftInTX Jan 2019 #3

Democrats deal went down too.... spanone Jan 2019 #5

They corrected it - they only got 50 for the Con's crap malaise Jan 2019 #7

let's hope that pisses him off....he certainly won't learn anything from it. spanone Jan 2019 #8

standingtall

(2,787 posts)

1. I do not understand why it keeps being said the Senate needs 60 votes to fund Trumps stupid wall

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:20 PM

Jan 2019

because even if there were 60 votes. Doesn't the house have something to say about it?

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

2. 60-vote rule to close debate on a bill. That is what they were voting on in the Senate.

Reply to standingtall (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:24 PM

Jan 2019

Used to be 60-vote rule for Judicial nominees but Moscow Mitch changed that rule when Trump became president.

tritsofme

(17,399 posts)

4. Can't help being a stickler...

Reply to berni_mccoy (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:36 PM

Jan 2019

Reid changed the 60 vote rule in 2013 for all executive nominees and judicial nominees below the Supreme Court. Mitch further changed the rules for Supreme Court nominees when the orange one arrived.