Educate me please. Are there not enough Repub votes in Congress to fully fund the wall?

[Kaleva]

[bearsfootball516]

1. Need 60 votes in the Senate, I believe.

[Kaleva]

4. Is that a hard and fast Senate rule or one McConnell can override?

[wryter2000]

5. McConnell can override

But only by getting rid of the filibuster completely. As others have pointed out, it probably won't pass the House, so there's no point.

[marylandblue]

6. He could drop the filibuster, but he won't

He knows he may in the minority again someday, so he won't do it over an issue this small.

[FakeNoose]

9. Funding comes from the House not the Senate

[WillowTree]

10. Revenue bills must originate in the House, but must be approved by both houses.

[spanone]

2. Nope. He needs Democrats to help. Won't get it.

[Achilleaze]

3. Nope. The repube-dominated House knows The wall is stupid. Won't approve.

Squandering our hard-earned tax dollars. Dirty Donny* was lying when he "claimed" it could pass the House. Stupid republican lies are dangerous for America.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[angrychair]

7. all spending bills start in the House

In 3 weeks Democrats will run the House and control all spending bills that go to the floor for a vote.

[TrishaJ]

8. I am waiting for someone, please, be it

Pelosi or Schumer or any member of the media to ask him: "DIDN'T YOU SAY MEXICO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THE WALL??"

[bdjhawk]

12. Yes!!!

[dubyadiprecession]

13. Trump renegotiated the trade deal with Canada and Mexico.

No funding was secured from Mexico to pay for the wall?
So much for the art of the deal, trumpsters!

[gratuitous]

11. Democrats should be prepared to be blamed

Get your talking points organized beforehand: (1) Why didn't the Republicans fund the wall when they were in charge of both houses of Congress and the presidency? (2) It's a stupid waste of money. (3) It's a boondoggle of epic proportions, maybe the biggest ever! (4) The American people, in poll after poll, have demonstrated that they're against this silly idea.

Number (3) will appeal to Trump's self-important grandiosity.

[pecosbob]

14. All they ever needed was a simple majority to pass legislation

They have not been able to pass a budget because of the tea-party members' tantrums for ten years. Their 'Speaker' has never been able to control their rank and file.

[Demsrule86]

15. If they wanted to, they could push it though conciliation...it is after all about money...they could

have passed it.