dukkha (06-06-2021), evince (06-06-2021), ExpressLane (06-06-2021)
A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, defying his party and the White House and virtually guaranteeing the failure of the legislation after a near party-line approval in the House.
“Voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions continue to deepen,″ Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia wrote in a home-state newspaper, the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
He said that failure to bring together both parties on voting legislation would “risk further dividing and destroying the republic we swore to protect and defend as elected officials.”
The bill would restrict partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts, strike down hurdles to voting and bring transparency to a murky campaign finance system that allows donors to anonymously bankroll political causes. Among dozens of other provisions, it would require states to offer 15 days of early voting and allow no-excuse absentee balloting.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told colleagues that he would bring the elections measure to a vote the week of June 21, in effect testing where senators stand. But without Manchin’s support, the bill is unlikely to garner even a majority. Republicans are united against it.
Manchin said lawmakers should instead focus their energies on revitalizing the landmark Voting Rights Act, which was weakened by a Supreme Court decision in 2013. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has joined him in calling for that approach.
Manchin’s opposition to the broader elections bill is just the latest challenge facing Democrats as they enter the summer work period under rising pressure to deliver on their promises to voters. Manchin reiterated he would not vote “weaken or eliminate the filibuster,” a route that many Democrats see as the only realistic path forward. The filibuster rule requires 60 votes to pass most bills, and in today’s Senate, which is split 50-50, that means many of the Democrats’ biggest priorities, from voting rights to gun control, are dead on arrival.
Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., have frustrated their party by their defense of the filibuster. But they aren’t alone, with as many as 10 Democratic senators also reluctant to change the rules.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-tr...37c01c4cfdfb0f
dukkha (06-06-2021), evince (06-06-2021), ExpressLane (06-06-2021)
Called it lol.
Coup has started. First of many steps. Impeachment will follow ultimately~WB attorney Mark Zaid, January 2017
dukkha (06-06-2021), ExpressLane (06-06-2021), Stone (06-06-2021)
Darth Omar (06-06-2021)
Thank God.
Manchin is the one who is causing division with his weak excuses to obstruct the bill.
He may as well just admit, "I am voting no so that I can be re-elected by my constituents that want me to vote no- even if it is wrong"!
PostmodernProphet (06-06-2021)
AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
Guys
I think he’s being the cover man
I think Joe and team may be massaging certain republicans who might vote with the nations best interest to save our Democracy
There May be a few republicans who love America and Democracy more than they want to keep their jobs
Imagine Joe and team offering some a government position if they get voted out
Imagine a few Rs who’s election will be unobtainable in their current district due to their district changing
Hold your fire my friends
Manchin is just trying to keep getting reelected. He sticks his finger in the air and goes whichever way the West Virginia winds blow. Politics is the business of getting reelected. He is a businessman.
You are seeing only the tip of the iceberg folks
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnb...ict-trump.html
7 Republicans explain their vote to convict Trump for Capitol attack
PUBLISHED SAT, FEB 13 2021 4:31 PM EST
UPDATED SUN, FEB 14 2021 12:28 PM EST
Amanda Macias
@AMANDA_M_MACIAS
Republican Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania voted to convict Trump.
Now imagine when the vote goes down that these republicans voted with the Democrats without removing the filibuster
Darth Omar (06-06-2021), Stone (06-06-2021)
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