require just a 50 votes on a bill to fund the government last year. they went nuclear and decided just 50 votes for a random vote that didn t go anywhere about vaccine rekwierms. we go the phrase, go nuclear because it s going to be the end of the world, mutually assured destruction. turnz out they go nuclear all the time and decide a 50-vote majority is enough, that we can t have a 60-vote threshold for a particular type of legislation or amendment or vote. they do that all the time, even when the republicans were in control with trump in the white house. it happens all the time. but democratic senators joe manchin and kirsten sinema keep saying this would be an unprecedented thing to do. no, that s absolutely not true.