In committee, the Dems have the advantage and my understanding is that in committee - everything can be advanced on simple majority vote.
Now, having said that, the witches of Maine are a huge fricking problem.
usually that is true, but there are special situations (I was told that this was one of those instances but do not grasp the arcane minutia of the worlds greatest deliberative body) where there must be at least one vote from a minority member in order to move the legislation along.
Unfortunately the Freaking Witches are symptomatic of The Bipartisan Left having something like an 85/15 majority in The Senate.
Seriously, I do not think the nation can be retained in any semblance of what you and I would like. Hence my active planning and actions to escape The Logic Free Zone.