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Seung Min Kim
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>@kyrstensinema writes for the @washingtonpost: We have more to lose than gain by ending the filibuster
Opinion | Kyrsten Sinema: We have more to lose than gain by ending the filibuster
The 60-vote threshold compels moderation and helps protect the country from wild swings between opposing policy poles.
washingtonpost.com
6:01 PM · Jun 21, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/21/kyrsten-sinema-filibuster-for-the-people-act/
Everyday Arizonans are focused on questions that matter most in their daily lives.
Is my job secure? Can I expand my business? Can we afford college? What about health care? When can I retire? Is my community safe?
Meanwhile, much of Washingtons focus is on a Senate rule requiring 60 votes to advance most legislation.
Arizonans expect me to do what I promised when I ran for the House and the Senate: to be independent like Arizona and to work with anyone to achieve lasting results.
Lasting results rather than temporary victories, destined to be reversed, undermining the certainty that Americas families and employers depend on.
The best way to achieve durable, lasting results? Bipartisan cooperation.
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TDale313
(7,820 posts)SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)ecstatic
(32,728 posts)when people who are supposed to be our allies say shit like that.
NoRethugFriends
(2,328 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 21, 2021, 10:10 PM - Edit history (1)
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Shes trying to convince us our shit sandwich is prime rib.
JI7
(89,262 posts)She is from a state recently won by Democrats statewide.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,651 posts)Every DUer in AZ should be contacting Sinema daily - phone calls are best, emails least effective.
To find ways you can save democracy, and for voting rights events near you, go to:
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PortTack
(32,787 posts)She will never be re-elected...hopefully she will be primaried
triron
(22,019 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,454 posts)You swore an oath.
TomDaisy
(1,899 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,018 posts)Goodheart
(5,336 posts)msongs
(67,436 posts)Yavin4
(35,445 posts)A very, very nice payday is awaiting her.
Nexus2
(1,261 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,054 posts)dsc
(52,166 posts)the GOP will use the courts and the states to do all of the parade of horribles that she rages against. All gun control will soon be a dead letter. Abortion rights in at least 30 states will be a dead letter. Laws protecting LGBT dead letters everywhere all using either the courts alone (guns and LGBT laws) or states and the courts (abortion). Regulations from the federal government dead letter (again the courts). Her profound stupidity combined with an equally profound lack of seriousness is frankly disgusting.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)world wide wally
(21,754 posts)Bucky
(54,041 posts)I'm a firm believer in political compromise. The problem is when the other side isn't negotiating a good faith.
brooklynite
(94,713 posts)...that'll do the trick,.
Iggo
(47,564 posts)Bucky
(54,041 posts)Her reasoning is so ridiculously shallow