"needs 60 votes." NO IT DOESN'T. fucking manufactured consent. every single news outlet repeats this sort of bullshit and codifies it as "fact."
The Constitution only requires a simple majority. And a 60 vote requirement has never stopped Republicans from doing anything, from blocking appointments, to making them, to setting regulations, to removing regulations, to changing laws, and on and on.
"needs 60 votes." NO IT DOESN'T. fucking manufactured consent. every single news outlet repeats this sort of bullshit and codifies it as "fact."
The Constitution only requires a simple majority. And a 60 vote requirement has never stopped Republicans from doing anything, from blocking appointments, to making them, to setting regulations, to removing regulations, to changing laws, and on and on.
Comrade, look more carefully. Our side got 38 votes.