THAT would mean a by-passing the US Senate filibuster rules….
GOP Leader McConnell did the same during the Trump admin as Democrats did in the past also…
The rule is NOT sacrosanct …
THAT would focus on Sen Manchin and Sen Sinema….
They don’t go along with the move?
It gets media attention…
But it is failure in that same media for Democrats….
Something Democrats do NOT need….
“We hope our Republican colleagues change course and work with us,” Schumer said in a letter. “But if they do not, the Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections.”
For the strategy to succeed, however, Schumer will need buy-in from two fellow Democrats — Sens. Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) — who have voiced skepticism or opposition to changing Senate procedures in a way that would be needed to push voting-rights priorities across the finish line….
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In his letter, Schumer argued that voting rights is one case where changing Senate rules is warranted.
“We must ask ourselves: if the right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, then how can we in good conscience allow for a situation in which the Republican Party can debate and pass voter suppression laws at the State level with only a simple majority vote, but not allow the United States Senate to do the same?” he said. “We must adapt. The Senate must evolve, like it has many times before.”
Schumer also made clear that Democrats will use this week’s anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection to build the case for protecting voting rights….