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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsreps dont need a single dem to avoid shutdown
if anyone tells you its a dem shutdown, tell them that reps do not need a single dem to avoid shutdown. They only need simple majority that they have except that 4 reps voted for the shutdown. 60 votes threshold is a madeup rule has no mention in the constitution and they can easily change all the rules they want - they are the majority.
lapfog_1
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(51,974 posts)Theyre too yellow to do that because they would have to pass a budget resolution first and they dont want their name on the trillion dollar deficit they created.
Demit
(11,238 posts)Under Senate rules, reconciliation can be used only once per fiscal year.
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(51,974 posts)well it does appear that they did pass a budget resolution for fy2018.
not sure where i was told otherwise. anyway, you're right in that the tax bill was passed using reconciliation (which also means they must have passed a budget resolution).
however, they are allowed 3 reconciliation bills each fiscal year: one for spending, one for revenue, and one for debt ceiling.
i would think the tax bill would count as a revenue bill, which would leave republicans with the ability to pass one omnibus spending bill using reconciliation rules to keep the government running.