An effort by Senate Democrats to change the filibuster rule was knocked down as expected on Wednesday night in a tense floor vote that saw two Dem moderates side with all 50 Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tried for the “nuclear option” to change the longstanding rule after the GOP used the filibuster to block sweeping voting-rights legislation pushed by the Democrats but the measure failed 52-48.
Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) voted with Republicans against the “talking filibuster” change, which would have effectively let Democrats wait out the GOP filibuster and pass the voting legislation with a simple majority.
– Read more at the NY Post
Senate Democrats failed twice on Wednesday night to pass their signature legislation to nationalize elections, handing President Joe Biden a stinging defeat that was delivered in part by two centrists in his own party.
The second vote came late Wednesday night when the Senate refused to change the filibuster rules in a 52-48 vote.
Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.V.) and Krysten Sinema (Ariz.) voted with Republicans to keep the filibuster rules, rejecting their party’s bid to end the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation in the chamber.
– Read more at Just The News
Senate GOP campaign arm sends Schumer gift basket for forcing vulnerable members to take filibuster stand
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Thursday brought a fruit basket to the Capitol for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, thanking the chamber’s top Democrat for forcing his vulnerable members on the record in a vote to get rid of the legislative filibuster.
– Read more at Fox News
GREAT!!!
This filibuster that the treasonous Democrats want eliminated now was used by the Democrats 314 times during Trumps presidency. More than any other time in history. Now these disgraceful democrats want to eliminate it because they do not want the Republicans to use it against their traitorous, control proposed Bills. 😯 😯 😯
I hope independents and the dozen or so sane democrats in the US vote out every democrat senator that is up for reelection in 2022!!!! This is imperative to save the country from turning into a third world nation. It is good that there are more republicans than democrats in the country now, due to the puppet POTUS or PINO. I just hope the country can be repaired from the huge amount of damage done by the current corrput administration.
I am shocked they were the only TWO DEMS who voted against this insanity…
There were more rhan the two democrats who were against changing The Filibister Rules only they knew the
Democrat, Socialists , Communist, Party had turned the Middle Class working. Citizens had been pushed too far towards Communist control of their lives and their childrens and voted against their parties agenda by not running as a democrat again . They knew that they would never get elected again anyway so why go down in defeat.
THEN why did 48 vote FOR it?
Manchin and Sinema are to be congratulated. If only there were more Democrats like them.
God never allows his people to suffer to the point of extinction, but does allow enough of our own self-inflicted pain to awaken the spirits of good men and women to return to the concepts of their Creator, as a Drop of water returns to the great ocean from which it sprang.
“Oppression, by its very nature, creates the power that eventually crushes it in the end. A Champion of THE PEOPLE arises” and it is at critical times like this that God speaks to the consciences of men and women and the unseen hand guides the goodness of THE PEOPLE, HIS PEOPLE to prevail over the self-chosen evil of others who would rather rule in an American hell of their own making than serve in a God inspired lawful American Constitutional heaven. Do not doubt that it was the unseen voice of the Creator who at this critical juncture in American struggle for power, who put the MAN into Joe Manchin and the Christ into Kyrsten Sinema that sparked the flame within a darkened half of Democrat controlled Senate that could re-light the flame of American justice, honesty and all the good things that good Americans should be thinking upon, but whose attentions are distracted in media lies, bribes, threats and Democrat party leader intimidations.
God has chosen to give us yet another chance – we better take full advantage of it in every election and every position at all levels to turn this thing around. America is already gravely wounded and will have the scars regardless. But the death of a nation is still on the table. We must root out the cancers – those who are marxists, globalists, socialists, atheists, anarchists, racists, etc. They are traitors all. Make no mistake, this has been, is and will forever be a war against evil at it’s core.
Every conservative in America must email Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema and thank them for their patriotism. I have several times already. They need to know all of America not just West Virginians and Arizonians appreciate what they have done. Please let them know their email addresses are easy to locate.
Pity there’s not MORE to thank for it.