Report: Biden Wants Dems To Find GOP Support For Sweeping Voting Rights Bill Instead Of Gutting...

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Report: Biden Wants Dems To Find GOP Support For Sweeping Voting Rights Bill Instead Of Gutting Filibuster

By Cristina Cabrera | March 23, 2021 9:21 a.m.

President Joe Biden argued during a private call with Senate Democrats that they ought to court Republicans for support for Democrats’ blockbuster voting rights bill instead of blowing up the filibuster, according to CNN.

Biden’s argument was a response to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) imploring his colleagues to get rid of the filibuster, which requires most legislation to receive 60 votes in order to pass rather than a simple majority, for the sake of the sweeping voting reforms that would be established by the bill as Republicans across the country ramp up voter suppression efforts, particularly in Warnock’s home state.

The President, who has advocated for “talking” filibusters, reportedly pushed back against Warnock’s plea for his support for getting rid of the filibuster wholesale, saying that Democrats should keep trying to pressure GOP lawmakers, none of whom have offered support for the bill, instead.

All but one Democratic senator have signed onto the legislation. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who insists on keeping the filibuster, is the one holdout. He told CNN that “there are a lot of good things in the bill that we can work on” but “we have to do a bit of work.”

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[Doremus]

1. .

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. And I'd like to wake up tomorrow morning as a size 4. Neither is gonna happen.

[hlthe2b]

3. Yeah. I know he needs to say this, but really? Not going to happen and everyone knows it.

[BeyondGeography]

4. What is it about their commitment to minority rule that he is refusing to accept?

[The Magistrate]

5. This Is the Right Opening Move, Sir

Just as with the relief bill --- show that you've made the effort, and when it fails, do what must be done 'more in sorrow than in anger'....

And Mr. Manchin is enjoying himself far too much lately, far more than he deserves to. One wonders if he realizes an end to the filibuster enhances his 'kingmaker' status. Without the filibuster, he really does make or break everything. With the filibuster, there are ten Republicans whose vote is worth every bit a much as his is....

[Midnight Writer]

9. Exactly. Overtures are not commitments. Joe knows what he's doing. Leave him be.

Obviously bipartisan support is the preferred path. But that doesn't mean it is the only path.

It's dismaying to me that the man hasn't even had his 100 days and he's already getting flack from his own side over procedural methods.

[Haggard Celine]

6. Waste of time, but I understand why Biden has to

give the Republicans an opportunity to support the bill. He has to do it so he can say they refused. At the very least, we're going to have to revive the talking filibuster. I wish we could do away with the filibuster altogether, but making Senators physically stand in the way is probably the best we can do.

[Voltaire2]

7. well that isn't going to happen

so what is plan b?

[bluestarone]

8. Joe knows what he's doing

We have to understand the process he HAS to follow! It will play out, and we will succeed.

[lagomorph777]

10. I assume he's saying that for show/threat.

Joe's not actually that stupid.