https://senateconservatives.substack.com/p/thune-fumbles-save-act-opportunityThune Fumbles SAVE Act OpportunitySenate Republican Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced yesterday that Republicans would not use a “talking” filibuster to break the Democrats’ obstruction of the SAVE Act.
This makes no sense.
Stopping non-citizen voting in federal elections is not only a widely popular idea, but it’s also essential to securing our nation’s future.
Thune said a talking filibuster would “tie up the Senate” and take up limited floor time needed for other things.
This is the worst excuse he could have made. The Senate only works two and a half days a week now, so there’s plenty of time to do what it takes to save our country.
The sad truth is that there are still too many Senate Republicans who are unwilling to fight for our principles and values. They hide behind the 60-vote threshold to fool their own voters.
Sean Davis at The Federalist explained this well.
Senate Republicans refuse to force standing filibusters, which would lead to bills passing with only 51 votes, because it would condition their own voters to actually getting the laws they were promised enacted into law. Can’t have that, now can we.
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OK, Bigun, in front of all the other members of the forum...
WHO HAD THIS RIGHT?
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