timschochet
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So the House just passed the George Floyd Act: makes chokeholds illegal, attempts to hold bad cops responsible, etc. Republicans oppose.
The House is going to pass a new voting rights act: would reverse state Republican new restrictions on voting, make voting easier and more accessible. Republicans REALLY oppose. In fact both sides are willing to go nuclear on this issue as it may decide who’s in power for decades to come.
The House is going to pass a minimum wage act, raising to $15. Republicans oppose.
None of these bills will pass the Senate under the current rules. Thus the pressure, ever growing, to do away with the filibuster. If they don’t, the Biden agenda is stalled; they will get the stimulus but very little else. But in order to remove the filibuster, every Democrat in the Senate has to on board. Right now they’re not. Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema would both have to be talked into it. My two questions:
1. Should the Democrats do away with the filibuster?
2. Will the Democrats do away with the filibuster?
The House is going to pass a new voting rights act: would reverse state Republican new restrictions on voting, make voting easier and more accessible. Republicans REALLY oppose. In fact both sides are willing to go nuclear on this issue as it may decide who’s in power for decades to come.
The House is going to pass a minimum wage act, raising to $15. Republicans oppose.
None of these bills will pass the Senate under the current rules. Thus the pressure, ever growing, to do away with the filibuster. If they don’t, the Biden agenda is stalled; they will get the stimulus but very little else. But in order to remove the filibuster, every Democrat in the Senate has to on board. Right now they’re not. Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema would both have to be talked into it. My two questions:
1. Should the Democrats do away with the filibuster?
2. Will the Democrats do away with the filibuster?
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