Leaked audio of Sen. Joe Manchin call with billionaire donors provides rare glimpse of dealmaking on filibuster and January 6 commission

[basquebromance]

Leaked Audio of Sen. Joe Manchin Call With Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster and Jan. 6 Commission

Manchin urged big-money donors with No Labels to talk to Sen. Roy Blunt about flipping his vote on the commission in order to save the filibuster.

theintercept.com

End the filibuster.

Get big money out of politics.

 

[kyzr]

The filibuster keeps the US on an even keel, no "policy ping-pong". build the wall, tear the wall down, build the wall, tear the wall down... If (60) senators agree on something it shouldn't be terrible policy.

The US oligarchs donate more to democrats than to Republicans.

Democrats deride 'dark' money, but a new analysis shows it helped boost Joe Biden

Democrats have denounced dark money for years, but relied on it heavily during the 2020 election, according to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics for CNN.

www.cnn.com

 

[Esdraelon]

Leaked Audio of Sen. Joe Manchin Call With Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster and Jan. 6 Commission

Manchin urged big-money donors with No Labels to talk to Sen. Roy Blunt about flipping his vote on the commission in order to save the filibuster.

theintercept.com

End the filibuster.

Get big money out of politics.

So... if the shoe were on the other foot and Rs were to dump the 60-vote rule, you'd be okay with some of their "priorities" being essentially jammed down your throat? Say... criminalizing all abortion, removing all taxes on millionaires, taking away state's rights to decriminalizing drugs like MJ? You'd have no problem with any of that?
If the Biden regime allows Chuck and Nancy to come after the guns, this country isn't going to fare very well. That's guaranteed.

 

[BluesLegend]

Republicans hold 50% of the seats in the Senate and those Americans they represent will have their say in spite of Dem's attempts to RIG the senate.

 

[forkup]

Republicans hold 50% of the seats in the Senate and those Americans they represent will have their say in spite of Dem's attempts to RIG the senate.

The only "rigging" going on in the Senate is 50 percent of the seats going to 41 MILLION fewer people on the Republican side.

 

[wamose]

Leaked Audio of Sen. Joe Manchin Call With Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster and Jan. 6 Commission

Manchin urged big-money donors with No Labels to talk to Sen. Roy Blunt about flipping his vote on the commission in order to save the filibuster.

theintercept.com

End the filibuster.

Get big money out of politics.

End the filibuster = end the USA.

 

[basquebromance]

in a fair democracy, it is important to protect minority rights, i get that, but what about majority rights?