If this is the lie that catches your attention and frustration, you need to come out from under your rock a little more often.
Republicans have gone MAGA cult and will lie their faces off to please Trump. Democrats continue their decades long winning-streak of “most ineffective leadership”. Par for the course in 2025.
It’s also not a lie that Trump has ordered Republicans not to negotiate with Democrats because a shutdown gives him more power to fire people from the executive branch.
60 votes are not needed to pass a budget since 1974 when they put a clause in specifically to ensure the budget can bypass the filibuster after 20 hrs.
If this is the lie that catches your attention and frustration, you need to come out from under your rock a little more often.
Republicans have gone MAGA cult and will lie their faces off to please Trump. Democrats continue their decades long winning-streak of “most ineffective leadership”. Par for the course in 2025.
It’s a legitimate question, it’s not a lie that Democrats are blocking the GOP on this and you need to get educated on how your government works.
tl;dr: A budget bill needs a supermajority to pass and be fillibuster proof.
It’s also not a lie that Trump has ordered Republicans not to negotiate with Democrats because a shutdown gives him more power to fire people from the executive branch.