Comments by "" (@theylied1776) on "Government shutdown political blame game" video.

  1. The Republicans have a majority in the House, the Republicans have a majority in the Senate and the Republicans didn't need a single Dem or a Super Majority [60 votes] to pass the Tax Reform Bill [51 votes]. And now less than a month later the Republicans are claiming they don't have enough votes? There is no debate or filibuster> Trump can't even keep his own party united!
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  2. Nope, they only need a Super Majority [60 votes] to end Debate. There is no debate. There is nothing in the procedural rules that require a budget resolution to have 60 votes. They can pass it with a simple majority like they did with Tax Reform. The problem is Trump can't unify his own party.
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  3. They only need a super majority to end Debate, there is NO Debate, ass-hat. The Republicans didn't require 60 votes for the Tax Reform Bill and they don't require a supermajority now. There is No Rule that says a Budget Resolution requires a supermajority. Trump can't unify his own party. He won, so get used to it, snowflake!
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  4. There is NO DEBATE! There are only negotiations, which is not the same as a Debate or Filibuster on the floor. But just for shits and giggles who is debating or filibustering?
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  5. The democrats did the same thing during the Tax reform negotiations but the Republicans were unified and passed that bill with a simple majority [51 votes]. So stop being, because you are not pretending to be, Clueless!
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  6. The Dems vowed to block the Tax Reform Bill too but somehow that was passed with a simple majority [51 votes]. Do you even read anything but Fox? http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362730-trump-dems-trying-to-block-gop-tax-bill-because-its-too-good
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  7. Show me in the procedural rules where they need a supermajority [60 votes] to pass this resolution [if] there is no debate or filibuster. It comes down to the Rules, Jethro. The republicans have enough votes but Trump can't even unify his own party.
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  8. Um, in this case, the only reason the Republicans would need a supermajority [60 votes] is to stop debate. There is no debate of filibuster. There is nothing in the rules that require a supermajority in this case. But if you disagree please cite the congressional or legislative bylaw or procedure that does.
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  9. And your proof would be what exactly?
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  10. The funny part is you're so clueless you don't realize the Reconciliation rule was specifically written for Budgetary logjams like this one. The Republicans only need a simple majority. Please educate yourselves before you make complete asses out of yourselves!
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  11. Poor little guy. There is no Debate or Filibuster by the democrats, so the republicans didn't need a supermajority of 60 votes to pass this budget resolution. They only needed a simple majority of 51. Also, the republicans have the option of Budget Reconciliation, which they've already used on Tax Reform. And that only requires a simple majority of 51 votes, as well. Poor little guy, facts are facts.
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  12. I cite actual legislative rules that you can't challenge or disprove and you want to claim I'm the Troll? That is some real Trump logic there.
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  13. When did the democrats filibuster this resolution? There must be footage? Who exactly filibustered this resolution? And again, the republicans could have invoked the Budget Reconciliation rule at any time.
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  14. A Alvarez Again, the Republicans could have invoked the option budget reconciliation at any time. There was no filibuster and there was no debate on the floor, the Republicans only needed a simple majority of 51 votes to pass the budget resolution. Those are the facts, they can't be spun they can't be denied. I asked you to cite the actual legislative rule, you couldn't. I asked you to post a link to anyone on the Democrats side filibustering the budget resolution, you couldn't. You got a lot of "opinions" Republican talking points but you've got absolutely no facts.
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  15. A Alvarez I can't dumb it down any more than this, [Budget Reconciliation] was specifically designed for this situation. Again, the only thing you can offer are republican talking points, you've yet to link to a site that explains the actual legislative rule. https://www.indivisible.org/resource/legislative-process-budget-reconciliation/
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  16. A Alvarez Again, there was no Debate or Filibuster by the Democrats on the floor.... so, the Republicans did not a super majority of 60 votes to stop debate or filibuster, all they needed was a simple majority of 51 votes. I asked you for a second time, give me a link that shows which Democrat what's debating or try the filibuster this resolution? All I need is one!
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  17. A Alvarez You have yet to cite the actual legislative rule of [budget reconciliation] the Republicans had that at their disposal and they chose not to use it. The only thing you keep linking to are Republican talking points. You can try to be willfully ignorant all you want. The Republicans had the budget reconciliation rule, they chose not to use it. All they needed was a simple majority [51 votes] which they invoked for tax reform but they chose not to use it in this instance.
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  18. A Alvarez Nope, I never change my stance. Read my original comment because I asked a very specific question about Tax Reform and you were the only one that took the bait. Then I asked why didn't the Republicans use [budget reconciliation] in this instance because it was specifically written for budget disputes. I'll ask you again, why didn't the Republicans use the [budget reconciliation rule] because it was specifically written for Budget disputes in the Congress and the house to prevent a government shutdowns.
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  19. A Alvarez It's not if he at all, I asked the tax reform bill question for reason and you were the only one that took the bait. I knew the Republicans had the budget reconciliation rule at their disposal and they chose not to use it. That is a fact. That's why you've been avoiding answering every time.
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  20. Nope, the Republicans could have invoked the Budget Reconciliation rule at any point in the negotiations and passed the resolution with a simple majority of 51 votes. That's how the Republicans passed the tax reform bill in December without a single Democrat vote.
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