Originally Posted by bigdreamer2010

You’re referring to the reconciliation bill. That’s different from the appropriations/omnibus bill. Reconciliation allows only 51 votes and each amedement has to pass the Byrd rule which goes through the senate parliamentarian.

The Appropriations bill still requires 60 votes in the senate but because a lot of different priorities are rolled into the bill, it always passes even though the government can be shut down for a few days. Matter of fact Senate Dems shut down the government in 2018 because the appropriations bill didn’t include provisions for Dreamers.