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The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.
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#3The majority party blames the minority party for failure to pass a CR.
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#4The majority party blames the minority party for failure to pass a CR.
The minority party filibustered the CR, which makes it require 60 votes to pass instead of just a simple majority of 51 votes, and the majority party only has 53 votes.
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#5The majority party blames the minority party for failure to pass a CR.
The minority party filibustered the CR, which makes it require 60 votes to pass instead of just a simple majority of 51 votes, and the majority party only has 53 votes.
> which makes it require 60 votes to pass
As the senate was designed.
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The minority party filibustered the CR, which makes it require 60 votes to pass instead of just a simple majority of 51 votes, and the majority party only has 53 votes.
> which makes it require 60 votes to pass As the senate was designed.
Minorities blocking action was not part of the Constitutional design of the Senate, and supermajority requirements for routine action were explicitly viewed by the Framers as one of the problems of the Articles of Confederation that the Constitution was aimed at resolving.