Passing Bills with 51 Votes in Senate

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Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I think it is important that all conservative opinion makers be aware of one of the controversies that is going on here right now.

The United States is over $37 trillion in debt. You may hear from your local Congressman that all sorts of things can't be done because we have a 60-vote rule in the U.S. Senate, and we can't pass many bills without the 60 votes, including the big appropriation bills that have to pass every year.

However, once a year, and due to a quirk, three times in the 2 years that this body is elected, we will have a chance to pass a bill with only 51 votes in the Senate. That is what we just did with regard to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Obviously, there should be more changes to this government. There are people right now in this building who would like to have us not take advantage of the provision to pass any bill with 51 votes for the next year and 4 months. That is horrible.

I hope conservative commentators are all over this. I hope they are asking any Congressmen if they really think we should waste the opportunities to pass bills with 51 percent or with 51 votes.

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