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On a party line vote, the House of Representatives on January 13 passed ‘‘Freedom to Vote: John 3 R. Lewis Act’’ that combines the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Amendment Act. However, the democrats in the Senate did not have the...
by stonehenge
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on Thu Jan 20, 2022 at 11:29 AM PST
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With many states passing laws that will allow Republican-dominated legislatures to determine the outcomes of elections, and possibly decide who serves on the Electoral College for their state, it is ...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Wed Sep 01, 2021 at 05:32 PM PDT
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Right now Democrats are struggling to push any meaningful legislation through Congress in the face of threatened Senate filibusters. It is common to blame Sen. Joe Manchin (and a few other ...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Sun Jun 27, 2021 at 04:00 PM PDT
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In the lead up to the American Rescue Plan (ARP), a number of leading Democrats proposed raising the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25/hour to $15/hour. The Democratic Party failed to get ...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Tue Jun 22, 2021 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Abbott politicizes the opposition of voter suppression, complains about politicization , won't throw The Republican Party has faced an option of either moderating their policies or opposing democracy by pushing voter suppression and by gerrymandering congressional districts. They have consistently ...
by Dem
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on Mon Apr 05, 2021 at 02:01 PM PDT
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I support and respect the diarist who wrote that Manchin’s statement on the For the People Act is a doozy . I recommend almost ...
by Dem
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on Fri Mar 26, 2021 at 04:03 AM PDT
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This diary was developed from a comment I posted in Laura Clawson’s excellent article on irresponsible statements made by Senate Republicans after the most recent mass casualty event involving firearms. In this diary, I share not only some...
by Dem
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on Wed Mar 24, 2021 at 07:16 AM PDT
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#EndCloture If you want to put an end to the abuse of the Senate Rule which requires a 60 vote majority to pass, you want to End Cloture. Not the harmless filibuster which requires no votes to use or end — because it is NOT a U.S. Senate...
by Angela Marx
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on Mon Mar 22, 2021 at 07:18 PM PDT
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Earlier (Sunday 14 March 2021), I wrote Busting the Filibuster , with a survey of popular ideas for fixing the filibuster and some of my own ideas. Over the last week, David Waldman was good enough ...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Mon Mar 22, 2021 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Continuing today, Kagro in the Morning is playing the audio version of Busting the Filibuster , detailing options for fixing the filibuster. I want to thank David Waldman for making this possible.
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by Liberal Thinking
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on Thu Mar 18, 2021 at 03:22 PM PDT
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Starting today, Kagro in the Morning is playing the audio version of Busting the Filibuster , detailing options for fixing the filibuster. I want to thank David Waldman for making this possible.
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by Liberal Thinking
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on Tue Mar 16, 2021 at 04:20 PM PDT
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We’ve been here before, a Democratic President with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. In a real world, the Democratic Party would pass and sign any legislation our party thinks is best for the nation. Tap-dancing across the Rotunda...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Sun Mar 14, 2021 at 04:00 PM PDT
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It's been a very strange day for Democrats in the Senate. There’s positive news, but first, some context. First, the party’s leadership acceded to Joe Manchin’s demand that they better “target” stimulus checks. As a result, they lowered the...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Wed Mar 03, 2021 at 02:47 PM PST
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Progressives, most Democrats, and many Independents agree — the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule is anti-democratic and should be reformed. Congress can’t accomplish anything when it is paralyzed by Mitch McConnell’s iron grip on his...
by rmartin1241
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on Sun Feb 28, 2021 at 07:45 PM PST
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In case you missed it… Alejandro Mayorkas had the high honor yesterday of being the first Biden nominee to get filibustered (though probably not the last), and to have a successful cloture vote. A group of senators led by John Cornyn...
by sar21102
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on Fri Jan 29, 2021 at 02:43 PM PST
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There is some very good news about eliminating the filibuster. Senator Joe Manchin supports Majority Leader Schumer not giving up eliminating the filibuster now. This strongly suggests that the Democratic caucus is completely united on not committing...
by Dem
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on Fri Jan 22, 2021 at 05:26 AM PST
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I often post a comment about this issue in stories about the Senate and what everyone else in the world wants to call “the filibuster” and I know is actually called Senate Rule #22 The Cloture Rule The cloture rule–Rule 22–is the only...
by Angela Marx
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on Thu Jan 21, 2021 at 08:55 PM PST
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Many frustrated Democrats are advocating that when we regain control of the Senate this year, we should immediately end filibustering so that President Biden can actually get something done. I urge caution on going ahead with this. The...
by Daver71
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on Thu Sep 24, 2020 at 02:40 PM PDT
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A friend pointed this out to me. The U.S. Constitution says this in Article I, Section 3, Paragraph 6 (emphasis mine): The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation....
by Dbug
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on Sat Oct 12, 2019 at 11:52 PM PDT
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Today, while Speaker Pelosi’s Democratic House is passing direly needed and greatly progressive legislation, it cannot become law, and it will not be able to become law even if in 2020 Democrats take the Presidency or even if they swing a majority in...
by monkeybrainpolitics
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on Sun Feb 03, 2019 at 11:43 AM PST
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