Now the headline albeit confusing isn’t much, but the article text/body is pretty amazing. The final paragraph is classic Onion. This would’ve been seen as satire a month or two ago.

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    Assuming you mean the filibuster: They need 41, actually, and there are some things you can’t filibuster like providing for congressional disapproval and nominations require 51 instead of 50. See https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/119.htm for every time someone decided they might have a chance of breaking filibuster. The only acts that went through are the Laken Riley Act—the first ever—the HALT Fentanyl Act, and the GENIUS Act—which allows the Fed and States to regulate stable crypto—while the only acts that have been passed by senate are the Laken Riley Act and the TAKE IT DOWN Act which counters deepfakes. While the Laken Riley Act should’ve been filibustered IMO, I don’t think any of the others that passed/did not meet filibuster should be stalled just for politics reasons.