Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Thursday morning blocked the two bills that were introduced by the two Democratic senators from Maryland, where thousands of federal government workers reside. Democrats made it clear afterward that they wouldn’t agree to take up any bills other than those to reopen the government.
Democrats made it clear afterward that they wouldn’t agree to take up any bills other than those to reopen the government.
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Does the Senate have to have a 60 vote majority to consider any bill? If so, this is enough reason to use the nuclear option.