The Democrats’ Election Takeover Bill Goes Down in Glorious Flames
by Kyle Becker
about 10 hours ago
Republicans have successfully blocked the Democratic Party’s federal elections takeover bill. The infuriated Democrats promptly pivoted from the defeat to launch an attack on the Senate filibuster.
It is the fifth time in under a year that the Republican Party has delivered a blow to President Biden’s domestic agenda. Build Back Better met a similar fate as the Democrats so-called “voting rights” legislation, which would remove election integrity measures passed in numerous states after the fiercely contested 2020 elections.
The Democratic Party came well short of the votes they needed to overcome the filibuster, which is a Senate rule that requires at least 60 votes in order to invoke cloture, and thereby to advance legislation.
Senate Democrats ranted and raved as Republicans were joined by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin in blocking the filibuster rules change effort.
“How can we achieve real consensus on the issues that matter most if only some voters can be heard,” Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock said in a plea to Republicans.
The hyperbole only grew more extreme over the course of Wednesday night, as the Democrats tried to come to grips with their radical agenda failing in the Senate.
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