The problem is that going nuclear and overriding the Democratic vote against proceeding to funding will lead to serious consequences, as it did when that option was taken with regard to judicial nominees.
The current state of the judiciary in the US came out of a party doing exactly this, overriding the minority party's traditional power of objection.
They CAN end the impasse by changing Senate rules, but blowing up that dam is a seriously consequential proposal.
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