[Norseman]

In all the screaming, the one thing I haven’t heard is that the GOP could pass exactly the budget it wants with zero input from Schumer and the rest of the Dems if McConnell would jettison the filibuster rule.

In other words, this is completely, totally, on McConnell, yet no one’s yelling at him. Why?

[Wm F Buckley Republican]

Trump mentioned it today. It is a possible solution but it also carried great risk and could come back to bite us in the you-know-what.

[Alberta's Child]

If McConnell eliminated the filibuster tomorrow, the first thing we'd learn is that the Republican Party can't even get 50 votes on any bill of substance in the U.S. Senate.

THAT is why the GOP doesn't dump the filibuster.

[MichaelCorleone]

“In all the screaming, the one thing I haven’t heard is that the GOP could pass exactly the budget it wants with zero input from Schumer and the rest of the Dems if McConnell would jettison the filibuster rule.”

Why Mr. Norseman, the Republicans already ARE passing the budget they want. You seem to suggest the GOP’s interests are materially different than the Democrats.