Kyrsten Sinema Doesn't Want Good Things to Happen
If you’ve been holding on to any residual faith in the United States Congress, good news! You can put that burden down, now.
On Thursday, President Biden’s push to unite Democrats to clear the way for voting rights legislation was again brought to a standstill when Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema announced she would not vote to weaken the filibuster — even after she voted for two progressive reforms that passed the House of Representatives earlier in the day.
“These bills help treat the symptoms of the disease, but they do not fully address the disease itself,” Sinema said in an address to the Senate. “I will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country.”
In other words, Sinema is going to keep doing what she does best, which is stopping good things from happening. In a Senate that only has a Democratic majority because of Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote, Sinema has become the Obstructionist in Chief, especially on filibuster reform.
https://www.them.us/story/kyrsten-sinema-filibuster-reform-obstruction
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