“...though the chances of that are likely since the GOP majority is slim. And there is virtually no chance that Senate Republicans will be able to cobble together nine Democrats to reach 60 votes for cloture.”
I’m jaded. Assume the real issue in getting the votes in the Senate has more to do with McConnell than anything else. Need a Trump clone to lead the Senate, not a squishy old bureaucrat.
It wouldn't make a difference. There is no way the Republicans could get 9 independents and Democrats to end a veto no matter who is the Senate leader. Reconciliation is the only way a repeal would make it through. And only if they really want to repeal it.