Harris to end filibuster to support abortion

[jc456]

Well it was the beginning of an election year. Just highlights Mitches ongoing hypocrisy. Barrett was confirmed days before the 2020 election.

those election consequences huh? They suck. Like this shit show we got going on in the White House the last four years.

 

[BlindBoo]

It's what they do.

It's what McConnell did to the process, not Reid.

 

[jc456]

Rights for half the country?

dude, they say it out loud now. Look at blind melon chitlin in here bitching about McConnell after Reid started it. They can't live with their own vomitted results.

 

[jc456]

It's what McConnell did to the process, not Reid.

no, what he did was his fundamental right as the majority leader. again, consequences dude.

 

[BackAgain]

If elected President (God forbid), she wouldn’t have the slightest ability to change the rules of the Senate.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

dude, they say it out loud now. Look at blind melon chitlin in here bitching about McConnell after Reid started it. They can't live with their own vomitted results.

Democrats never think in advance

 

[BlindBoo]

those election consequences huh? They suck. Like this shit show we got going on in the White House the last four years.

I remember Mitch saying it should be up to the people to decide who gets to pick the next SC justice when Scalia died in Feb. 2016. But when Ginsburg died less that two months before the 2020 election he shoved Barrett down America's throat in a few week. You reap what you sow.

Remember history ladies, and vote the party of hypocrites out of office at every level of government.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

If elected President (God forbid), she wouldn’t have the slightest ability to change the rules of the Senate.

Right. But she is at the top of a ticket that includes a battle for control of the senate.

 

[BlindBoo]

no, what he did was his fundamental right as the majority leader. again, consequences dude.

He is one of the biggest hypocrites in the Neo-GOP.

We'll see how much the Neo-GOP whines when the shoe is on the other foot.

 

[BackAgain]

Right. But she is at the top of a ticket that includes a battle for control of the senate.

So? She won’t win. And the senators get voted on separately, anyway.

If she did win (Heaven forbid), control of the senate still wouldn’t give the senate a 3/5ths majority. So the senate rule about invoking cloture would still fail to be amended.

 

[BlindBoo]

So? She won’t win. And the senators get voted on separately, anyway.

If she did win (Heaven forbid), control of the senate still wouldn’t give the senate a 3/5ths majority. So the senate rule about invoking cloture would still fail to be amended.

Except McConnell/Reid only needed a simple majority to change the filibuster (cloture) rules.

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R42929.pdf

 

[BackAgain]

Except McConnell/Reid only needed a simple majority to change the filibuster (cloture) rules.

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R42929.pdf

Maybe you are blind.

The best piece you offered proves you wrong.

Maybe you didn’t read it.

If an opponent to a Senate Rules change on cloture (which is what we are discussing) wanted to engage in a filibuster against such a proposed rules change, the Senate would have to invoke cloture. And that requires a 3/5ths supermajority vote.

Try again.

 

[Lesh]

Look. After years of saying that Roe should have been made law by Congress and not the SCOTUS… republicans block that legislation from happening (using the Senate filibuster in many cases) and then nuking the SCOTUS filibuster in order to overturn it… it’s time to nuke the Senate filibuster (it can be done on a case by case basis) and make abortion access LAW.

It’s that simple.

 

[Frankenstein]

Look. After years of saying that Roe should have been made law by Congress and not the SCOTUS… republicans block that legislation from happening (using the Senate filibuster in many cases) and then nuking the SCOTUS filibuster in order to overturn it… it’s time to nuke the Senate filibuster (it can be done on a case by case basis) and make abortion access LAW.

It’s that simple.

Why it isn't equal protection which would make it null and void!

 

[BlindBoo]

Maybe you are blind.

The best piece you offered proves you wrong.

Maybe you didn’t read it.

If an opponent to a Senate Rules change on cloture (which is what we are discussing) wanted to engage in a filibuster against such a proposed rules change, the Senate would have to invoke cloture. And that requires a 3/5ths supermajority vote.

Try again.

McConnell changed the rules with well under the 60 needed to stop debate. So did Reid.

GOP triggers "nuclear option," changing Senate rules to clear the way for Gorsuch

Republicans have triggered the ‘nuclear option’ - taking the historic step of changing Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations, meaning that appointees to the nation’s highest court need just a simple 51-vote majority to be confirmed instead of the previous 60...

www.nbcnews.com

"Senate Republicans used the “nuclear option” Thursday to change the chamber's rules and clear the way for the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch."

 

[task0778]

Maybe you are blind.

The best piece you offered proves you wrong.

Maybe you didn’t read it.

If an opponent to a Senate Rules change on cloture (which is what we are discussing) wanted to engage in a filibuster against such a proposed rules change, the Senate would have to invoke cloture. And that requires a 3/5ths supermajority vote.

Try again.

Not sure that a cloture vote is required for a Senate rules change, otherwise Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell could not have changed the rules for confirming SES and judge/justices. This last time the dems only needed 51 but Manchin and Sinema said no.

 

[Lesh]

Not sure that a cloture vote is required for a Senate rules change, otherwise Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell could not have changed the rules for confirming SES and judge/justices. This last time the dems only needed 51 but Manchin and Sinema said no.

Cloture is not required for rules changes

 

[jc456]

He is one of the biggest hypocrites in the Neo-GOP.

We'll see how much the Neo-GOP whines when the shoe is on the other foot.

It's already there dude schumer has the majority lead. give him shit for not treating all americans equally like you want.

 

[BlindBoo]

It's already there dude schumer has the majority lead. give him shit for not treating all americans equally like you want.

Chuck never blocked a hearing or a vote on any one of Benedict Donald's nominees. But if he could have.....

 

[Fishman15]

This right here is why I cannot support Kamala Harris. She wants to end the filibuster so the democrats can pass abortion rights with 51 votes. It's only for abortion she says, but any idiot knows that once you abolish the filibuster for a specific reason it ends up being permanent for everything. And once that happens, there will be no more compromise or cooperation in the Senate and bipartisanship goes right down the drain.

Harris backs ditching filibuster to pass nationwide abortion protections, angering Manchin in the process

Vice President Kamala Harris declared Tuesday that she supported changing Senate filibuster rules to allow a simple majority vote to codify the nationwide right for women to obtain an abortion.

www.yahoo.com

The democrats came close to doing just that back in 2021 when they tried to abolish the filibuster but Manchin and Sinema wouldn't go along. One of these days, they're going to get it done and that's when we start down the road to a one-party rule gov't. If you think gridlock is bad, wait until you get one-party rule.

I thought Komrade was abolishing the filibuster to pass the green new deal? I'm pretty sure she's on video saying that...