Manchin and Sinema gave Moscow Mitch the room to concede/cave

[mcar]

by saying today that they didn't want to get rid of the filibuster.

Kudos to them - and to Maj. Ldr. Schumer - for masterful performances.

MM saved face - Democrats get control of the Senate. The filibuster is intact, but for how long?

Well done, Democrats!

[mcar]

1. WSJ: Senate Power-Sharing Deal Moves Ahead After Mitch McConnell Caves

Link to tweet

?s=20

Senate Power-Sharing Deal Moves Ahead After Mitch McConnell Caves

[Cha]

14. Rt TY!

[msongs]

2. sinema, mcconnell, and manchin could put together a vocal group nt

[questionseverything]

3. Just start with reconciliation bills

Money bills

[pbmus]

4. Manchin is Flake and Sinema is Collins...

[mcar]

5. They represent their states

and vote with Democrats the vast majority of the time. This time, it seems they supporter Schumer (and their own beliefs) and got the job done.

I don't pretend to understand how the Senate works - unlike the random people on the internet who've been screaming at Schumer for days now. But this seems like a master stroke.

[sheshe2]

9. 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Demsrule86]

13. They are Democrats and without them we would not have a majority. We now must govern.

I think it was a clever plot of Schumer's making.

[NBachers]

17. I contribute to Sinema every election cycle; I have for several. She's a Democrat who gets elected.

[Walleye]

6. Good job Democrats! GOP, get out the way, people are trying to govern here

[mcar]

7. Yes, move aside losers.

[Cha]

15. Well Done, Walleye.. yeah.. if they're

Not helping they're In the Way!

We have Important Work to Do!

[calguy]

8. I've been posting that Schumer needed to up his game

Looked to me like the dems were getting punked by McConnell. Looks now like I was wrong about that. I'm happy to be wrong.

[Cha]

16. Ah TY for apologizing, calguy!

I was wondering if anyone would.

Mahalo!

[calguy]

21. Hi-Ya Cha

Hope you're having a great start to the new year!!!

[Cha]

22. Well yeah.. Biden is Prez!

You too!

[mcar]

20. Classy post calguy

[Polybius]

12. Manchin is the best we can get in WV

He's very well-liked there.

[Celerity]

11. Different take: I think McTreason was emboldened to no longer require it in writing as he knows

Manchin, Sinema, and quite likely others (Feinstein at the front of that group, based off multiple times she will not vote to do away with it) will not vote to do away with it.

He gains nothing but grief from continuing to stop the basic housekeeping, and he really had to concede almost nothing, other than this (quite likely) window dressing.

Feinstein a few months back:

FEINSTEIN on ending filibuster and expanding SCOTUS: “I don't believe in doing that. I think the filibuster serves a purpose. It is not often used, it's often less used now than when I first came, and I think it's part of the Senate that differentiates itself.”

Link to tweet

it's often less used now than when I first came

[betsuni]

19. K&R