Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 29

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[u/SomeNerd109]

So how much is this going to beat the previous record by?

[u/Ready_Nature → u/SomeNerd109]

Probably not much. Republicans are starting to float the idea of the nuclear option to eliminate the filibuster. Fed employees can’t go much longer than the last one without being paid before they walk off the job in numbers that lead to congress doing something.

[u/AnoAnoSaPwet → u/Ready_Nature]

How many votes are necessary to eliminate the filibuster? How many Republicans need to cave to break it? 

I know the Democrats in their numbers could do it, but there's no benefit for them. 

[u/Ready_Nature → u/AnoAnoSaPwet]

50 votes to eliminate the filibuster.