- The Senate late Thursday rejected a Democratic effort to alter the filibuster in order to pass their long-sought voting bills over unanimous Republican opposition, capping one of the most consequential days in the history of the chamber.
- The change, had it been adopted, would have established a “talking filibuster,” allowing any senator to speak for or against the bill for as long as they wanted but lowering the 60-vote threshold for passage to a simple majority.
- Democrats’ attempt to change Senate rules concluded a marathon day of debating in the chamber that saw nearly half of the body speak about the voting bills. They failed, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to change the rules soon after.
- Though senators engaged in genuine debate throughout the day, most expressed disdain for how deliberation seemed to have faded from the world’s greatest deliberative body.
- “I don’t know what happened to the good old days,” said West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, “but I can’t tell you they aren’t here now.”
The Senate late Thursday rejected a Democratic effort to alter the filibuster in order to pass their long-sought voting bills over unanimous Republican opposition, capping one of the most consequential days in the history of the chamber.
The vote failed 48-52 after Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema voted as they said they would for months, joining a unanimous Republican caucus in opposition and denying their party the necessary support for the change to take effect. The change, had it been adopted, would have established a “talking filibuster” pertaining to the voting bills only, allowing any senator to speak for or against them for as long as they wanted but lowering the 60-vote threshold for passage to a simple majority.
“What we have now … is not a filibuster,” Maine Sen. Angus King, and independent who caucuses with Democrats, said ahead of the vote. “It doesn’t require any effort. It doesn’t require any speeches. It doesn’t require to hold the floor.”
“Strom Thurmond would have loved this filibuster,” King added, invoking the late segregationist senator who set the record for the longest filibuster speech ever while speaking against the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
read more here: https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/19/senate-caps-history-making-day-rejecting-filibuster-change/
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Schumer is so ate up with corruption he cannot think straight
Janet, correct, corrupt like ALL devildemocommiecrats!!!!!!!!!
The Progressive Socialist Democrats fought so hard on this Legislation, because they feared it the most!
Lynn Bryant DeSpain
Isn't it odd how "necessary" the filibuster was when it benefitted the devildemocommiecrats and how "racist" it is now that it is used to thwart their satanic plans to destroy what is left of the republic?????
All who voted for the new Communist Constitution incognito should be purged from the halls of Government!
Phil, yes, they should face execution for TREASON!!!!!!!!!!
This was the real insurrection. All who voted for this nonsense should be declared enemies of the state and jailed. Federalizing the vote is a joke. What more can these crazies come up with?
I think Schumer thought that forcing them to go on record would force Macnchin and Sinema to "go along" with what the rest of the communists wanted. Schumer (and the rest of the de"mock"rats hate our country so much, he doesn't seem to realize that some of us still love this country and value it as the greatest country that ever existed. Anyone who votes for any of the people who went along with this anti-American nonsense, should be investigated for treason along with those that voted for it.