Manchin chides Dems over filibuster, saying he can't support 'such a perilous course'

[mystery-ak]

Manchin chides Dems over filibuster, saying he can't support 'such a perilous course'
By Jordain Carney - 01/19/22 05:36 PM EST

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) warned Democrats against trying to change the legislative filibuster and lamented the state of the Senate, hours before a months-long fight over Senate rules will come to a head.

Manchin went through a laundry list of reasons explaining why he supports the 60-vote threshold for most major legislation and argued that the pitch from his Democratic colleagues about wanting to restore the Senate is “simply not true.”

“For the last year, my Democratic colleagues have taken to the Senate floor, cable news airwaves, pages of newspapers across the country, and to argue that repealing the filibuster is restoring the vision the founding fathers intended for this deliberate body. My friends, that is simply not true. It’s not true,” Manchin said.


Manchin added that his Democratic colleagues “would use the nuclear option to override a rule that we have used ourselves, but now seem to find unacceptable.”

Roughly 20 Republicans, including Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, were on the Senate floor for Manchin’s speech.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/590494-manchin-chides-dems-over-filibuster-saying-he-cant-support-such-a-perilous

[mystery-ak]

Joe Manchin Masterfully Trolls Joe Biden Before Press Conference Is Even Over
By Sister Toldjah | Jan 19, 2022 6:45 PM ET

President Joe Biden gave what was officially billed as a “press conference” at the White House earlier today where numerous whoppers were told, many concerning statements were made, and laughable claims about “overperforming expectations” were uttered. But it was something happening on the floor of the U.S. Senate at that same time Biden was taking questions that caused quite a stir and got a lot of people talking.

During Biden’s presser, he was specifically asked about his inability to get “Build Back Better” and the so-called “voting rights” bill passed not just because Republicans opposed him but also because two Democrat Senators – West Virginia’s Joe Manchin and Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema – won’t budge on preserving the Senate’s filibuster rule, which Democrats abused with wild abandon when Donald Trump was president.

The gist of Biden’s responses to that question and others related to it was that it was going to be a tough job but that he was going to get things done, even if it had to be in “chunks.”

more
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/01/19/joe-manchin-masterfully-trolls-joe-biden-before-press-conference-is-even-over-n509161