Isn’t this a Senate rule? The Dems would have to win the Senate.
Not exactly. All the Democrats have to do is tell the Republicans what they want. The Republicans will make it happen.
“The most common form of filibuster occurs when one or more senators attempt to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure. The Senate rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish, and on any topic they choose, unless “three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn”[1] (usually 60 out of 100) bring the debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.”
The Dems plan on winning the Senate.
I believe those odds are unfavorable, but they are not impossible. There are too many (22) Republican Senators up for re-election in 2020. There are two few (12) Democrat Senators up for re-election in 2020.
Gardner(R) will lose in Colorado, and Collins(R) will lose in Maine. Why would people elect a RINO when they can have a real Leftist Democrat? Those States are going solid Blue.
On the other hand, Jones(D) will lose in Alabama, and Shaheen (D) will lose in New Hampshire.
That leaves 30 other races. Four of those races look like toss-ups to me, the rest look solid for the incumbent party. A lot can happen in 18 months. I do not expect the Senate to change hands, but it would behoove the Republicans to keep up the pressure.
And Democrat vote fraud will be at flagrant levels never before seen. It is time to get the preventive measures in place right now.
Yes they would have to take the Senate to do it. It was Harry Reid who started all of this by using the nuclear option to get Obama’s Federal Judges confirmed.