claim: "they found 60 votes in the senate in 2006 and 2013" for immigration legislation, and "each time the house republican majority refused to take it up."
author: ronald brownstein
evidence_1: jun 29, 2018 ... after congress' latest stumble on immigration reform, it appears no closer to ... a  republican immigration reform bill was overwhelmingly rejected in the ...  president trump held a campaign style 'make america great again' rally in .... to  force votes in the house, said he would keep trying to pass legislation.
evidence_2: jan 20, 2017 ... the rules for legislation were untouched, but the 60-vote threshold for ... it was  their vote in november 2013 that helped pave the way for their success. ... he's  accused senate republicans of trying to jam through the .... vote. and over time,  jentleson said, democrats would have to defend why they were ...
evidence_3: the hastert rule, also known as the "majority of the majority" rule, is an informal  governing ... speakers have at times broken the hastert rule and allowed votes  to be ... that the speaker will not schedule a floor vote on any bill that does not  have majority ... reform bill to the house floor after it had been passed by the  senate.
evidence_4: jan 20, 2018 ... is the shutdown the fault of democrats, republicans or president trump? ... over  in the white house, president trump tweeted, “the democrats want to shut ... but  in reality it takes 60 votes to pass any legislation in the senate. ... asking the  democrats to support many of the immigration reforms they have ...
evidence_5: addison mitchell mcconnell jr. (born february 20, 1942) is an american  politician serving as ... in november 2006, mcconnell was elected senate  minority leader; he held that post until 2015, when .... highs, as mcconnell  insisted that any bill passing through the senate needed a supermajority (60  votes rather than 50).