He only needs a majority to pass a budget. He needs 60 votes to end the filibuster.
If a shutdown risks tanking the markets and peoples retirement accounts, why would McConnell stick with a 60 vote requirement?
“He needs 60 votes to end the filibuster.”
But that’s only because he chooses not to change a Senate RULE. There is NOTHING in the Constitution about the operational rules of either house of the Congress. I think Bitch is deluded that if he changes things and then at some time in the future the RATs retake the Senate, that the minority party will have absolutely no leverage. The folly there is that you can be sure as $hit that Schmucky Chucky will change that same rule in a heartbeat if it suits him and the RAT Party.