Senate Republicans shoot Democratic efforts down…..
As expected….
They will continue their efforts to suppress voting….
Efforts to counter that they will be countered with uninimity…..
Talking about changing the filibuster is fine….
But President Biden isn’t ‘there’ on that…..
Neither is Sen Manchin….
Without those two?
The filibuster idea is a noi starter….
Senate Republicans again blocked a sweeping voting rights bill on Wednesday, a move that will significantly increase pressure on Democrats to do away with the filibuster, a Senate rule that has stymied the most significant priorities in Congress.
The vote was 49-51 along party lines (Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, switched to vote no at the last minute in a procedural maneuver that will allow him to bring up the bill again for a vote). Because the filibuster requires 60 votes to proceed, Republicans succeeded in blocking the measure….
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There is pressure to immediately pass voting rights legislation because states are in the middle of the once-per-decade process of redrawing district maps. Absent new protections, new congressional and state legislative districts across the country could be unfairly tilted towards Republicans for the next decade. The GOP is also well positioned to take control of the US House of Representatives in 2022.
The bill is one of two critical pieces of voting rights legislation Democrats have championed. The other is the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would set a new formula that would restore federal oversight of elections to certain places and specific practices. That bill has also passed the House and is waiting for a vote in the Senate.
Joe Biden has offered full-throated support for both bills, but has not been willing to publicly pressure Manchin or Sinema on the filibuster. The White House is facing pressure from some civil rights groups who believe it is not being aggressive enough in pushing for the bills….
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is opposed to raising tax rates on corporations and high-income households, prompting Democrats to consider paying for their social spending package in other ways, according to media reports.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Sinema has told lobbyists that she’s opposed to rate hikes, and as a result, Democrats are looking into crafting legislation that excludes those proposals.
The Journal reported that proposals related to increasing taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign earnings and strengthening IRS enforcement remain options for Democrats….
Republicans have believed for years that they lose elections because of Chicanery among the Black vote.
They never say so in explicit terms Because they know it makes them look racist ,but that’s what it is all about.
Accordingly they will never agree to any changes in voting laws to make voting easier.
That’s now as much a part of Republican mantra as tax cuts for the wealthy…oppose anything to make voting easier because ,in their view?
That’s an invitation for more trickery among the Black vote.
That’s why ,among other reasons,Republicans have no problem supporting Trumps voting claims. Although they can’t “ prove” it ,they know there’s corruption there.Thats why almost all theft “ claims” involve urban areas with large Black voting.
So when talking about Republican claims of voting irregularities,Remember there are three issues…
Race ,Race and ,oh yes, Race!
So totally agree Jack, just to answer James’ previous question.
Plus, Jack, any prospective voter who is not the fluently English-speaking child of legal U.S. residents is ipso facto questionable if not fraudulent — one of millions paid to steal elections for corrupt Democratic bosses and labor racketeers .
I actually believe this bill was setup by Schumer to embarrass Manchin. Manchin wrote the bill with the idea that the White Republicans (at least some of them) in the senate would agree to this very non-threatening bill. Schumer knew they weren’t playing ball, but let Manchin’s baby die and really show him he only has really one side to negotiate with and that is his own side, because the Republicans continue to be the party of no whenever Democrats are in power…(something the Democrats did pretty well when Trump was in office) but that was retribution for the Obama Years and especially the Supreme Court blocked nominee.
Not a bad read there Bdog……