Senate CAN end shutdown at any time

[4bonhoffer]

Thom Hartmann has been pointing out for quite awhile that the republicans in the senate have suspended the 60 vote rule ( it is a rule, not a law ) many times. For judges etc. They can suspend that rule at any time and pass a budget resolution.
Obviously, they want this shutdown.
Not hard to explain. HEY PBS , NPR , IT’s not hard to understand or explain ! The republicans can literally end the shutdown at any time.

[appmanga]

1. That would be the so-called "nuclear option"...

...and both parties resist this because it will essentially turn the Senate into the House by eliminating any tool the minority has to force compromise. Folks should rather have Kristen Sinema and Joe Manchin gloat about how clever and prescient they were rather than have this change any more than it has.

[msongs]

2. the point is repubs could do this whenever they want but they'd rather blame dems (as repubs line up to blow DT) nt

[JBTaurus83]

3. I think we should make them do it

Enough playing soft ball. Let them take the hit for eliminating the filibuster and for destroying popular programs. They desperately want us to sign on to their shitty fascist legislation.

[Marie Marie]

4. Trump wants this shut down. Not just because of Vote #218 on Epstein.

He loves not having a Congress so that he can do whatever the Hell he wants and doesn't even have to make those pesky threatening phone calls to get his Repukes in line. He really is the King without them. A shut down Congress is a huge convenience to him.