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Only one House Democrat votes for Republican bill to avoid a government shutdown
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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Since repubs have majority in both chambers, why do D votes matter at all? The only way D's can disrupt the bill is a filibuster in the senate, right? What am I missing?
Edit: I googled. the measure will require Democratic support in the GOP-controlled upper chamber, where 60 votes are needed for passage, and some Democrats have held their cards close to their vest.
It's easy clickbait to get mad at Democrats for failing to be sufficiently symbolic.
Since being symbolic is what democrats do instead of accomplishing things, yes.
God this is such a tired and lazy narrative. We just got out of one of the most effective administrations the world has seen and you're still pulling this bullshit. Biden managed to steer us out of a global pandemic and avoid a recession everyone was actively rooting for while managing inflation to lower rates than any other nation globally. Without legislative control, he managed to pass two major domestic investments including one investing billionsin high tech manufacturing. He canceled billions in student loan debt, had the strongest FTC we've seen in decades that started up antitrust for the first time in a century, and effectively halted a geopolitical enemy without losing a single American soldier. You want to call that all symbolic? Democrats are the definition of "if you do things right, they'll think you've done nothing at all" and we're currently seeing all the things they've done disappear in front of our eyes.
democrats will cave. It's all they do.
Do they matter? They could if a few Repiblicans broke rank and they should oppse this spending billl becsuse it is trash. Plus if the Dems in both houses are united against the bill it shows their supporters that they aren't caving in like they frequently do.
Fuck Jared, he had no reason to vote for the bill.
No Republican will break rank in this environment
One did on this vote
And neither should any Dems. If we present a united front it makes it easier for Republicans to break ranks or sow discord and there is a wide variety of beliefs in the GOP.
It has to pass the senate and there you need a 2/3 majority for the filibuster. So Democratic votes do matter there
Assuming they filibuster.
You don't for budgets. That's just for new legislation and it is a 60 vote requirement for cloture.
IIRC, you don't for reconciliation.
Even then you only have 53 Rep. senators
They can and will pass it via reconciliation. Budget related measures are able to be passed with a simple majority vote.
Then they should have to.