Expect Senate In order to test to vote to break the Filibuster at about 2:00 pm today in an account for the consumption of Republican stops.
This is the vote the key to the whole game with the ball. If the Senate breaks the Filibuster, we are on voting to avoid the exclusion of the Government. But if this test voting fails and the exclusion of the Government is all only secured on Saturday at 12:00:01 pm.
Reminder: This vote is not the final passage of the laws of the law.
We should have the result of a vote to break the Filibuster sometime at 2pm. Certainly by 3pm, unless he pulls his legs.
Expect the Senate to publish a test vote to break the Filibuster today at about 2:00 pm on the Republican stop law. (Fox News Digital)
The calculation changed dramatically last night when the Senate majority leader Chuck SchumerDn.y., he announced that he would support the Bill Band-Aid. Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa, is also in favor. Sixty votes are required to break the filibuster.
Senator Rand Paul, R-ky., Is a lone gop nay. So, it takes a total of eight Democrats to join 52 Republican Yeas to hit the magic sign 60.
Here’s who to look at: the Senate minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-it., With Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., John Hickenlooper, D-CO., Elissa Sloktiin, D-Mich., And others.
If Democrats fails to bend eight votes together, this is the main wrong calculation of Schumer. As said, the leader without any followers is just a man on a walk.
Chuck Schumer’s Senate Minority leader stands on the day of the Senate of Democrats on the Capitol Hill in Washington on February 25, 2025 on February 25th. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
Here’s what we don’t know:
It is unclear if the Senate would vote on the actual proposal of the law to align with House If the Senate breaks down a 60 -year -old threshold on a vote for the test. This is likely to come late this afternoon or tonight. But those democrats who may be ready to break the Filibuster could require a series of votes on the amendments (which will not pass) in exchange for their voices.
This includes voting on a 28-day account for temporary consumption of Democrats, additional money for Washington and restrictions for Doge.
Do not underestimate how lively the left is on Schumer. Progresses who oppose temporary consumption account could require for a while on the floor to speak against the plan.
But there is also an appetite to escape Washington because the Senate is at a session of 10 consecutive weeks. So if they break the Filibuster, it could accelerate things too.
