New Ballgame: Thanks To Successful House Vote, Only A Democratic Filibuster Would Force Government Shutdown So will Dems go the obstructionist route here, in spite of all of their recent rhetoric about the importance of keeping the government up and running at Christmas?  The answer is almost certainly yes, which is why the president is urging Mitch McConnell to nuke the legislative filibuster -- which I don't support, for reasons I'll get to later.  But shouldn't Democrats be facing more heat from the public and the   media (chortle) now that the facts on the ground have changed?  Remember, just last week, Nancy Pelosi was taunting House Republicans and the president, twisting the knife that their own partisan contingent didn't have the .votes to pass a government funding bill that satisfied Trump's $5 Billion border security request.  The withering talking point was that the president was demanding Democrats help pay for something that his own party couldn't even deliver if they tried on their own.  Well, last night they tried, and they passed it. Talking point expired: 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ( Full story below ) ⤵ 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/12/21/will-senate-democrats-filibuster-a-bill-to-keep-the-government-open-n2537906