On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that Republicans can just eliminate the filibuster to pass legislation to end the government shutdown without Democrats, and doing so “would make this country function and govern.” But Democrats won’t give their votes unless their demands are met.

Khanna said, “That’s a norm that they could easily break. I called for that when we were in power, when Democrats had the House, the Senate, and the presidency. I said we should just be passing things with 51 votes. And they have done that.”

He added, “[T]hat would make this country function and govern. And they could get the government open tomorrow. Now, what they want, is they want Democrats to vote for something. And if they want Democrats to vote for

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