President Trump tweeted early on Sunday morning that it’s time to employ the nuclear option in the Senate so that legislation can pass with a simple. 51 vote majority. Majority Leader McConnell’s spokesman dismissed the notion out of hand, but here’s why he shouldn’t have done that. The President is running into the same problem Republicans have run into ever since the filibuster rule was codified during the progressive era in 1917: Republicans almost never have 60 votes to overcome Democrat opposition.
Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting for our Military and Safety at the Border. The Dems just want illegal immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked. If stalemate continues, Republicans should go to 51% (Nuclear Option) and vote on real, long term budget, no C.R.’s!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2018
Republicans have never had a super-majority once in recent memory. That means that an obscure rule not only keeps the Republicans from funding the government right now but almost guarantees that Republicans will never have the power to cut government or disrupt the swamp. Democrats, on the other hand, have had at least three super-majorities in the last century which gave us the New Deal, the Great Society, and Obamacare. At that rate, as Americans for Limited Government scholar Robert Romano asks, why keep the filibuster?
President Trump spotlighted a truth that Republicans must confront: the filibuster, and the cloture rule that protects it is the swamp’s number one weapon to maintain their power. The government cannot be reformed without massive numbers in the Senate, meaning that Republicans would need to run the board in Republican states and a few others to pass real reforms. As Democrats are entrenched around the swamp with this rule, they not only stop us from funding a government that doesn’t legitimize illegal immigration but keeps government big and corrupt at your expense.
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