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That’s because Senate Democrats still have the power of the filibuster, which will require bipartisan support to overcome, while the GOP’s majority in the House is so slim that even partisan ...

as that’s the exact number needed to overcome an inevitable filibuster against it. But those 33 votes are not a guarantee, as several Republican lawmakers have expressed hesitation on the idea.

The bill would need to pass on the narrowly GOP-led House and pass the filibuster in the Republican-led Senate to make it to Trump’s desk for approval. Rachel Schilke contributed to this report.

That rule, voted in only by House Democrats, amended the votes required to end a filibuster on the floor from a two-thirds majority to a simple majority, which Democrats now have in the chamber.

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

This time last year, the Missouri Senate was barely functioning. Members of the Freedom Caucus, a renegade group of GOP senators who’ve been at war with party leadership for years, used ...