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Ted Cruz: “We have a 53 vote majority of Republicans [in the Senate].”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211

Published January 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:18

What is the filibuster? The filibuster is the requirement that you need 60 votes to take up major legislation. The effect of the filibuster is because We have a 53 vote majority of Republicans [in the Senate]. you cannot take up major legislation in the Senate unless you get seven Democrats to support us. So the bulk of of the mandate from the voters, things like securing the border, they're not going to get seven votes from Democrats. (04:18–04:22)

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Asserts that Republicans hold a 53-vote majority in the Senate.

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“We have a mandate from the voters.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 03:35-03:39
“In the Senate, we have a filibuster.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 04:04-04:09
“You need 60 votes to take up major legislation [in the Senate].”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 04:09-04:15
“You cannot take up major legislation in the Senate unless you get seven Democrats to support us.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 04:21-04:27
“We're going to get it done using something called reconciliation.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 04:41-04:46
“Under budget reconciliation, you only need 50 votes to pass it, not 60.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 05:04-05:10
“The basic idea is that on reconciliation, you can pass things that are budgetary, but you cannot pass things that are policy.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 05:26-05:38
“We can do budgetary things and not policy things [under reconciliation rules].”
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“The House has argued for is that we should do one gigantic reconciliation bill.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 05:49-05:58
“We should do a bill that secures the border.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 05:57-06:01
“We should do a bill that rebuilds the military.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 06:00-06:04
“We should do a bill that unleashes American energy.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 06:03-06:07
“We should do a bill that extends the 2017 Trump tax cuts and makes them bigger and bolder.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 06:06-06:14
“Congress needs to appropriate likely $100 billion to build the wall, hire more Border Patrol and ICE agents.”
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“China is investing in their Navy, and under Joe Biden and the Democrats, they have allowed our investment into our Navy to wither…”
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“Chuck Schumer wants to force a government shutdown.”
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“America is the world's energy superpower. We're the number one producer of oil and gas.”
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“The Biden administration has been waging war on Texas energy on oil and gas for four years.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 12:33-12:41
“The 2017 Trump tax cuts are expiring this year.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 15:51-15:56
“In the House of Representatives, zero Democrats voted for [the Trump tax cuts in 2017]. In the Senate, zero Democrats voted for them.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 16:02-16:10
“More than 60% of the House was not here when we passed 2017 tax cuts.”
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“The mandate out of this election was secure the border.”
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“None of them will vote against border security.”
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“There will have to be an accommodation for New York and California Republicans [on the SALT issue].”
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“In 2017, we eliminated deducting state and local taxes, but allowed a cap of $10,000.”
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“I think we'll end up eliminating the marriage penalty on the SALT deduction.”
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“This is the single biggest topic that the Senate and House and President Trump are discussing right now.”
CAPITOL HILL BUDGET BATTLES_ THIS IS HOW WE WIN Verdict EP.211 | Uploaded January 13, 2025 | 28:09-28:16
“On December 31, there is a $4.5 trillion tax increase that happens automatically.”
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