Wow...a whole minute!!
I'll use this comment to remind people of the difference between the rules in the House and the rules in the Senate.
The House has a cloture rule, and the Senate has a cloture vote.
Because there are so many more members in the House than in the Senate, the cloture rule says that each member (or each party) gets a fixed amount of time for debate, this time being managed by a leader and allocated to members to speak. When the time is expired, the vote is taken.
The Senate has a cloture vote, meaning that debate continues until 3/5ths of the membership agree to end debate and vote. That is why the Senate needs 60 votes to end debate, followed by the actual vote on the bill itself, which only requires a simple majority to pass.
-PJ
When it fails...and it will. the Commie rat Media will blame the Republicans for “not supporting it”.
and they will do it with a straight Face.