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Dems worry they'll be boxed out without changes to filibuster, voting rules
« on: January 12, 2022, 05:17:47 pm »
Dems worry they'll be boxed out without changes to filibuster, voting rules
By Jordain Carney - 01/12/22 06:00 AM EST

Democrats are warning that they could box themselves out of winning Senate races in key states unless they change the legislative filibuster and pass voting rights and election reform legislation. 

The fear boils down to a belief among Senate Democrats that unless they take federal action, changes being made by GOP-controlled state legislatures will make it harder for certain constituency groups to vote, which would make it harder for Democrats to win elections. That, in turn, would make it harder for Democrats to keep or win back control of the Senate in the future. 

The argument has been made to Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) as colleagues try to sway the two holdouts to support changing the 60-vote legislative filibuster without GOP support. 

Unless Manchin and Sinema flip on the filibuster, Democrats will be unable to move their own voting rights measures.

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Re: Dems worry they'll be boxed out without changes to filibuster, voting rules
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2022, 05:20:23 pm »
Boiled down to a simple 5 word phrase...

"If you can't win , cheat"
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Re: Dems worry they'll be boxed out without changes to filibuster, voting rules
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2022, 05:28:38 pm »
   If Manchin and Sinema can't stop this obscene grab of power, we are left with only Cocaine Mitch between US and Sanity.
   IMHO, we are screwed.
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Re: Dems worry they'll be boxed out without changes to filibuster, voting rules
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2022, 05:31:09 pm »
Funny how Democrats fought to keep the filibuster when Republicans were pushing Civil Rights legislation in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s.
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Re: Dems worry they'll be boxed out without changes to filibuster, voting rules
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2022, 05:43:08 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 12, 2022, 05:31:09 pm
Funny how Democrats fought to keep the filibuster when Republicans were pushing Civil Rights legislation in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s.


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