Calling the Senate filibuster rule racist didn’t work to get rid of it so now Democrats are trying out a new tactic that’s somehow even more absurd: rewriting very recent history.
They’re understandably getting anxious given that the time they have to pass their two massive welfare bills (sometimes referred to as “infrastructure and social spending”) is quickly running out, with two centrist Senate Democrats repulsed by the price tags.
Both Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia have said that one of the bills, the so-called “social spending” plan, is currently too much at $3.5 trillion. The extreme leftists of the party in the House have responded by saying they won’t vote in favor of the “infrastructure” bill if it’s not also guaranteed that the other one will pass, too, and with all of their favorite goodies included (more Medicaid and Medicare, “free” community college, “free” child care, etc.).
There’s also the Democrats’ “voting rights” bill that snatches control over elections from state governance, which the left is describing as a “democracy saving” measure. They want to get all of it through before the end of the year, at which point virtually all attempts at passing major legislation will stop and senators and members at risk of losing their jobs dash back to their home states and beg the voters to keep them in office.
read more here: https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/21/democrats-try-a-new-lie-to-get-rid-of-the-senate-filibuster-rule/
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