28 Jul 2021 Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) threw a wrench into Democrats’ plan to slip amnesty for millions of illegal aliens into a federal spending package that would bypass a filibuster and only need a simple majority in the United States Senate. On Wednesday, Sinema announced that she opposes a $3.5 trillion budget — which includes an amnesty for millions of illegal aliens — and thus the Senate Democrats do not have the 50 votes necessary to pass the spending package. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., adjusts her eyeglasses during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Democrats, for months, had hoped to slip the amnesty past Congress without facing opposition from Senate Republicans by using the little-known reconciliation process whereby legislation can be approved with only majority support, bypassing a filibuster, if the Senate Parliamentarian decides the legislation is mostly spending related.