[glm]

I really want Lee and Cruz to go on record as saying they will filibuster any attempt to pass a CR that does not have the defund package attached. Till then I’m going to be wary of them.

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I don’t believe you can filibuster a CR under the rules (it is like an appropriation bill)

[HenryArmitage]

I don’t believe you can filibuster a CR under the rules (it is like an appropriation bill)

hmm.. this is from a slate article i read in july-

Fellow Republicans have spent a few days battering the "defund" movement, insisting that it's a waste of time—no way you get the Senate to agree to it, no way you get the president to sign it. Cruz's first strategic answer to this was insisting that the CR could be filibustered, "if we hold 41 Republicans." They didn't need a majority. "The model I would turn to is the battle over guns," said Cruz, a battle that ended in a Republican victory even though most senators voted for a background checks bill.