Can anyone explain how the minority party can shut down the government?
I wondered that too!
It's kinda like their talk about impeachment. They are delusional.
Ly'n Ryan and McCuckhole.
No budget, no government. And the minority party can block the budget in the Senate through filibuster.
The House will pass a (unconstitutional) "Continuing Resolution," and send it to the Senate. There, 60 votes are required to force closure and allow an up or down vote on the House Bill. To get to 60 the Republicans need a bunch of Democrats to vote with the Republican majority.
ML/NJ
The uniparty does NOT shut down Fedzilla. Most of it is deemed essential and KEEPS running.
The only bits that get shut down are the bits most likely to annoy/scare the public, like national parks being closed.
Takers still get their checks, public safety is still seen to, and debt service payments are still made.
Trump dang well oughta call the uniparty’s bluff and show the nation just how well it can function after a so-called shutdown.
Sixty votes in the Senate.
“Can anyone explain how the minority party can shut down the government?”
It’s called the U.S. Senate - the most perverse governmental institution known to man (and not necessarily because of this) - it takes 60 votes in the Senate to decide to go take a p*ss.