Nope. A permanent rule change, as it stands, sure.
But they can - and already have- used a simple majority vote to change cloture rules for specific votes., including things like trump’s presidential nominations.
There is no reason they can’t do that here, except they don’t want to.
I mean, GOP control the house, the senate, the White House.
They could 100% have passed this without democrat support. The chose not to.
They have to get a handful (5-7) of non-GOP votes in the Senate. That’s the source of the Dem’s only leverage right now.
Still, they flat-out refuse to negotiate at all, instead trying to strong-arm Dems into voting for a shit deal.
No they don’t.
They can change the senate rules to end the filibuster if they wanted to.
They can do that at any time they want.
Doesn’t it take 60 votes to end the filibuster (because the vote to end it would first be subject to it)?
Nope. A permanent rule change, as it stands, sure.
But they can - and already have- used a simple majority vote to change cloture rules for specific votes., including things like trump’s presidential nominations.
There is no reason they can’t do that here, except they don’t want to.
So why are they not doing that right now?
Honest question.
Because right now Trump can just decide what is “essential” and what isn’t.
They’re just accelerating the totalitarian coup.