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Originally Posted by 69in2it69
Good, and objective point. Do you think Congress has the balls do do something like this given the current situation? And thank you for pointing out the details, I always appreciate being corrected with facts and not "I think/I feel". I have no problem admitting an error on my part.
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I believe that a rescission bill is proposed by the President and not congress. It’s then voted on by the house and senate and is not able to be filibustered like a normal bill. That’s how they defunded NPR and PBS.
Read about the rescission at the wiki page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescission_bill
So, after the midterms, if the democrats were to take control over both chambers they would still need 60 votes to get past the filibuster or they would need to include funding in a reconciliation bill which bypasses normal filibuster rules to restore funding to PBS and NPR.
And then it would still need to be signed into law by the President. I think the chances of funding being restored before the next presidential election is remote.