Chuck Schumer is threatening to call a vote to eliminate the filibuster rule in the Senate.
Written by Peter Boykin on January 5, 2022
Chuck Schumer is threatening to call a vote to eliminate the filibuster rule in the Senate
Chuck Schumer is threatening to call a vote to eliminate the filibuster rule in the Senate.
This would allow Democrats to pass any law they want with just 50 votes, instead of 60.
So we need to get in the ear of moderate Democrats and tell them to vote NO on ending the filibuster.
As always, be polite.
Remind them:
When Republicans had control, they chose not to end the filibuster to maintain the integrity of the Senate.
Tell them that they will be deconstructing fundamental pillars of democracy if they vote with Schumer.
Here’s who you should contact:
Senator Joe Manchin
https://www.manchin.senate.gov/contact-joe/email-joe
Senator Kyrsten Sinema
https://www.sinema.senate.gov/contact-kyrsten
Senator Mark Kelly
https://www.kelly.senate.gov
Here is more info:
Schumer threatens to change Senate filibuster rules by Jan 17 if Republicans keep blocking voting-rights legislation
* Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered an ultimatum in a letter to party colleagues.
* He said if the GOP blocks voter-rights bills, he will try to get around them by changing Senate rules.
* The filibuster means that the majority party must find 60 or more votes to pass most bills.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will seek to change Senate rules if Republicans continue to block the passage of legislation designed to protect voting rights.
In a letter to party colleagues Monday, Schumer said the Senate must adapt to respond to moves to restrict access to voting by Republican-led state legislatures across the US.
He set his targets on the filibuster — the trademark feature of the Senate which means that most legislation requires the votes of at least 60 of the 100 senators to pass.
“The Senate was designed to evolve and has evolved many times in our history,” wrote Schumer, linking the Republican voting rights restrictions to the January 6 Capitol attack, the first anniversary was in 2022.
“The fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic. Over the coming weeks, the Senate will once again consider how to perfect this union and confront the historic challenges facing our democracy,” Schumer continued.
“We hope our Republican colleagues change course and work with us. But if they do not, the Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections.”
Passing a federal bill to defend voting rights is among the top domestic priorities of President Joe Biden’s administration.
But Republicans have blocked two such bills, the most recent being the John Lewis Voting Rights Act in November. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell argued that the bills are a bid by Democrats to secure an unfair advantage in elections, and violate state rights.
Democrats face a Republican filibuster on all such efforts since the party’s caucus has only 50 votes and the tie-breaker from Vice President Kamala Harris.
Changing Senate rules would require the unanimous support of Democratic senators, and so far two — Krysten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia — have opposed any potential changes.
In comments to NPR, a Democratic source said that discussions were focused on two possibilities. The first, per the source, was insisting on a “talking filibuster”, whereby the GOP would have to block legislation by talking indefinitely to stop its passage.
At present, senators can filibuster simply by making their opposition clear without actually speaking for hours on end.
The second idea was a legislative to temporarily suspend the filibuster to pass the voting-rights bill, and then to restore it.
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