Trump Demands End to Senate Filibuster After Health Care Failure
He tweets!
Shortly after the Senate failed to pass the motion to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Trump unleashed an angry tweet last night about how Obamacare should be allowed to collapse. Now that the dust is starting to settle, the president is getting back on the Twitter machine and demanding that the GOP nuke the Senate filibuster which requires 60 votes for most legislation.
If Republicans are going to pass great future legislation in the Senate, they must immediately go to a 51 vote majority, not senseless 60…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
…Even though parts of healthcare could pass at 51, some really good things need 60. So many great future bills & budgets need 60 votes….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
The health care vote did not fail because of a supermajority last night, but rather because the bill only got 49 votes when it needed to clear the 51 vote threshold. Quite a few people have pointed this out already.
He’s calling for them to nuke the filibuster (which I agree with) but the problem last night wasn’t the filibuster. https://t.co/DOicjhlitl
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2017
All of this WAS a 51 vote threshold because of reconciliation! Not a smart tweet. https://t.co/aMULHPIBtP
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) July 28, 2017
But… you lost by…
ah screw it https://t.co/ujl4BlahBZ
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 28, 2017
had the president rounded up 50 Republican senators last night, he’d be talking about victory rather than defeat this morning https://t.co/yiMaSbaBgE
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 28, 2017
Easy to mock Trump, but without reconciliation restrictions, easier to find consensus on slashing regulations. https://t.co/1lOVm2438t
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 28, 2017
I know you’ve lived a life that has taught you differently, but leadership is not simply changing the rules to accommodate you. https://t.co/1sWsg7KXm5
— Ben (@BenHowe) July 28, 2017
Who is gonna tell him? https://t.co/yNlhWCtHBd
— andrew kaczynski ? (@KFILE) July 28, 2017
In the past, Trump has expressed his view that the Senate should end their use of the filibuster and use a raw majority vote to pass bills. The senate used the nuclear option to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has not been so keen about using that option for all legislative matters.
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