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GoodRaisin

(8,908 posts)
8. K&R
Mon May 31, 2021, 12:10 PM
May 2021

This is the process people need to understand, which is why we can't use either the nuclear option or reconciliation to gain a simple majority vote with both Manchin and Sinema on record saying they won't vote for specific things if they are in the bill, such as ending the filibuster. We just don't have enough votes to do it alone - we need more democratic seats in the Senate.

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