Senator Ted Cruz

So tonight, what the House did is they voted on their budget resolution. Now, why does a budget resolution matter? The reason it matters is ordinarily to pass legislation in the Congress. You need 60 votes in the Senate. Why is that? Because the Senate rules give the minority the ability to filibuster.

So tonight, what the House did is they voted on their budget resolution. Now, why does a budget resolution matter? The reason it matters is ordinarily to pass legislation in the Congress. You need 60 votes in the Senate. Why is that? Because the Senate rules give the minority the ability to filibuster.

And the ability to filibuster is the ability to block legislation unless you have 60 votes to cut off debate. Now, we only have 53 Republicans in the Senate, which means if you need 60 votes, you need seven Democrats. The seven Democrats are not going to vote. There are there are not seven Democrats.

And the ability to filibuster is the ability to block legislation unless you have 60 votes to cut off debate. Now, we only have 53 Republicans in the Senate, which means if you need 60 votes, you need seven Democrats. The seven Democrats are not going to vote. There are there are not seven Democrats.

And the ability to filibuster is the ability to block legislation unless you have 60 votes to cut off debate. Now, we only have 53 Republicans in the Senate, which means if you need 60 votes, you need seven Democrats. The seven Democrats are not going to vote. There are there are not seven Democrats.

There's not even one Democrat who's going to vote to secure the border, who's going to vote to cut taxes, is going to vote to rebuild our military. And so if you've got to go through the filibuster, you can't win. Now, the main exception to the Senate filibuster rule is. is something called budget reconciliation.

There's not even one Democrat who's going to vote to secure the border, who's going to vote to cut taxes, is going to vote to rebuild our military. And so if you've got to go through the filibuster, you can't win. Now, the main exception to the Senate filibuster rule is. is something called budget reconciliation.

There's not even one Democrat who's going to vote to secure the border, who's going to vote to cut taxes, is going to vote to rebuild our military. And so if you've got to go through the filibuster, you can't win. Now, the main exception to the Senate filibuster rule is. is something called budget reconciliation.

Budget reconciliation is a law that was passed in the 1970s that provides for moving forward on budgetary matters. And by statute, a budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered, which means you can pass it with only 50 votes in the Senate. You don't need 60. So if you go back to 2017... The 2017 Trump tax cuts we passed using budget reconciliation.

Budget reconciliation is a law that was passed in the 1970s that provides for moving forward on budgetary matters. And by statute, a budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered, which means you can pass it with only 50 votes in the Senate. You don't need 60. So if you go back to 2017... The 2017 Trump tax cuts we passed using budget reconciliation.

Budget reconciliation is a law that was passed in the 1970s that provides for moving forward on budgetary matters. And by statute, a budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered, which means you can pass it with only 50 votes in the Senate. You don't need 60. So if you go back to 2017... The 2017 Trump tax cuts we passed using budget reconciliation.

If you go back to the Biden administration, the Democrats used budget reconciliation multiple times to pass things like their incredibly misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, which was the Green New Deal spending scam. They used that because they couldn't get 60. Now, in order to pass our agenda, we are trying to pass budget reconciliation.

If you go back to the Biden administration, the Democrats used budget reconciliation multiple times to pass things like their incredibly misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, which was the Green New Deal spending scam. They used that because they couldn't get 60. Now, in order to pass our agenda, we are trying to pass budget reconciliation.

If you go back to the Biden administration, the Democrats used budget reconciliation multiple times to pass things like their incredibly misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, which was the Green New Deal spending scam. They used that because they couldn't get 60. Now, in order to pass our agenda, we are trying to pass budget reconciliation.

The House and Senate have a difference in strategy on how to do this. And we've talked about this in a previous podcast, but I'm going to explain a little bit of it. The House, the Speaker of the House, believes we should pass one single reconciliation bill. What he refers to it as is one big, beautiful bill. Donald Trump has repeated that multiple times.

The House and Senate have a difference in strategy on how to do this. And we've talked about this in a previous podcast, but I'm going to explain a little bit of it. The House, the Speaker of the House, believes we should pass one single reconciliation bill. What he refers to it as is one big, beautiful bill. Donald Trump has repeated that multiple times.

The House and Senate have a difference in strategy on how to do this. And we've talked about this in a previous podcast, but I'm going to explain a little bit of it. The House, the Speaker of the House, believes we should pass one single reconciliation bill. What he refers to it as is one big, beautiful bill. Donald Trump has repeated that multiple times.

And he believes that's the best way with his exceptionally narrow majority in the House to get all of this across the finish line. I will tell you, virtually every Republican senator, including myself, believes the way to do this is two bills, starting with one bill that secures the border, rebuilds the military and unleashes energy.

And he believes that's the best way with his exceptionally narrow majority in the House to get all of this across the finish line. I will tell you, virtually every Republican senator, including myself, believes the way to do this is two bills, starting with one bill that secures the border, rebuilds the military and unleashes energy.

And he believes that's the best way with his exceptionally narrow majority in the House to get all of this across the finish line. I will tell you, virtually every Republican senator, including myself, believes the way to do this is two bills, starting with one bill that secures the border, rebuilds the military and unleashes energy.