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This was Obama's incomplete budget& the GOP got another bite out of the apple

They will have their own budget in September

I just heard the budget needs 60 Senate Votes so no wonder it is so hard to pass with everything TRUMP wants

I thought it was just a simple majority & it was the RINO's screwing with TRUMP LOL

There are a few, like 20 or so, types of bill that the Senate has exempted from Rule XXII, cloture/filibuster, and where a simple majority process is the rule. Reconciliation is by far NOT the only case.

There are a few matters where the Senate is forbidden to engage in the use of a minority to avoid taking the vote. Budget is one of them.

... there are at least 26 laws on the books today abrogating the filibuster. For example:

You cannot filibuster a federal budget resolution (Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974).
You cannot filibuster a resolution authorizing the use of force (War Powers Resolution).
You cannot filibuster international trade agreements (Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002).
And as the minority leader, Sen. Harry Reid (D., Nev.), well knows, you cannot filibuster legislation under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/rushton200504211218.asp <- Rushton

Link is dead. I don't recall the title of the article.

That is why it is important to not listen tot he media even Fox News. Fox Business is much better and all I listen to. Also, go the The Conservative Treehouse. They have more facts about the what has happened and why the lobbyist, who write the bills (congress doesn’t actually do it) are still in charge until Trump can pull the plug and “drain the swamp”.