This and That: The Republicans do not require a single vote from the democrats to pass the CR to fund the governmen

They are just using that because so many Americans haven't a clue on how the government works, so they can blame the democrats for the shutdown.

Republicans hold the majority in the senate with 53 votes. Normally 60 votes are required to pass a CR in the senate. However, since the Republicans hold a majority with 53 votes, all they need is 51 votes to change the rules, just like they did 2 weeks ago when they confirmed 48 of trumps appointments in a single senate vote.

Political games and posturing to those that failed 5th grade civics class