Manchin doubles down on filibuster ahead of Biden's speech

[Polybius]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) doubled down Tuesday on his support for the filibuster as President Biden heads to Georgia to publicly push for changes to the Senate rule in order to pass voting rights legislation.

“We need some good rules changes to make the place work better. But getting rid of the filibuster doesn’t make it work better,” Manchin told reporters.

Given support from Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) for the legislative filibuster, which requires 60 votes for most bills to advance in the Senate, Democrats acknowledge that getting rid of it altogether isn’t on the table.

Instead, they are discussing smaller changes including moving to a talking filibuster, where opponents could delay the bill for as long as they could hold the floor but legislation would ultimately be able to pass with a simple majority. They are also mulling a carveout that would exempt voting rights legislation from needing 60 votes.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/589169-manchin-doubles-down-on-filibuster-ahead-of-bidens-speech

[JohnSJ]

1. Push to do the later, exempt voting rights legislation from the filibuster. That is the only thing

that matters right now

[msongs]

2. about mitch manchin follow the $$ nt

[LW1977]

3. F.. this clown!

What kind of “rule changes” do you suggest, BoatManchin?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

8. A carve out...and he is not a clown, is is the majority vote in the Senate, but you knew that?

He is a Democratic Party member and there are DU rules about that, haven’t looked myself but I get it without looking.

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. DU rules state I cannot attack Democrats. Will I violate this rule speaking my mind about Manchin?

[PatSeg]

6. A lot of people do on a regular basis these days

It would help if Manchin were to behave more like a Democrat.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. No. It's the Hill again polluting DU. Still in discussions for a carveout...

Want to read the whole article for context?… cause I can’t stand that rag.

[AZLD4Candidate]

9. I'd rather keep my lunch down than have it projectile on my clothing and computer screen

Politico is click-bait and worthless to start with.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

10. I don't disagree...someone else can have that job of plunging into the shit of Politico and The Hill

and coming out not stinky with propaganda.

[rockfordfile]

5. Everything he's done have been against American interests. To make America better

Republicans have turn West Virginia into a shithole. Sometimes there are truths that have to be said.

Majority of Americans know that he had fundraisers with people that are anti-American. The kind of un-American pos Russia likes.

[papa3times]

11. Manchin and Sinema

will be more than happy to kill democracy in America! If that's what their donors want that's what they will do and it looks like that's what they want. Biden will not get another significant piece of legislation passed in his Presidency. In other words, it is over, and he is a lame duck thanks to these 2 assholes!

[monkeyman1]

12. you shut down coal mine's , you shut down MANCHIN!!

[MichMan]

13. Manchin was the only Senator to oppose the changes in the Filibuster rules in both 2013 & 2017

He has been consistent regardless of which party was making a change