Yeah, it takes 60 votes because under the filibuster rule, you've got to have 60 votes to move forward on legislation. So as I mentioned, we got 55, we got three Democrats, but we need 60, which means We need at least seven Democrats. And actually here we need eight Democrats because Rand Paul voted no. So we had 52 Republicans vote yes, and we needed eight Democrats to vote yes to fund the government. Well, we only got three. And. And that was on purpose. (04:17–04:24)
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