Sen. Joe Manchin on whether he would change his mind on ending the filibuster: 'NEVER! Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

[basquebromance]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Hang on sloopy]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

He'll be a Repub soon.

 

[Penelope]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

We will get them to end the filibuster on Jan 2023!

 

[White 6]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

I have no problem with filibuster as origially envisioned, where one person could hold the floor and espouse their view to anybody and everybody, non-stop whether anybody continued to want to hear it or not, until people were willing to compromise or the speaker gave up. What they have now is just a fake filibuster to automatically require 60 votes, which is anti-democratic rule to even consider legislation. Mitch got rid of it for Supreme Court nominees. If it is just a game, screw it. Unless willing to revert to original filibuster, I would be willing to see them chunk the whole filibuster thing and let representative democracy play out without it.

 

[basquebromance]

how easy is it to get a Senate seat?

 

[basquebromance]

Raise the Minimum Wage, Stop the Joe Manchin Presidency

We’ve learned recently that Senator Joe Manchin is wielding enormous power in US politics right now. But he can be defeated — if Democrats vote down the must-pass COVID-19 bill until it includes an increase in the minimum wage.

jacobinmag.com

"Joe Biden may live in the White House, but conservative senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is effectively president.

Manchin is wielding enormous power in US politics right now. But he can be defeated — if Democrats vote down the must-pass COVID-19 bill until it includes an increase in the minimum wage.

Some have argued that the way to fix this situation is by ending the filibuster, but that’s a catch-22: it is absolutely a necessary reform, but President Manchin is pledging to veto it. Even if Democrats were to eliminate the filibuster, they would still need Manchin’s stamp of approval for virtually all legislation, given the Senate’s current 50-50 split."

 

[WillHaftawaite]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

We will get them to end the filibuster on Jan 2023!

We will get them to end the filibuster on Jan 2023!

How ya going to do that without control of the Senate?

 

[Jets]

Sen Manchin is a power broker willing to play both sides of the aisle to his advantage. He wins no matter what he does...

 

[wamose]

That makes Manchin a better person than any neocon RINO alive.

 

[dblack]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

I kind of enjoyed her frantic whining.

 

[Claudette]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

We will get them to end the filibuster on Jan 2023!

No you won't. The mid terms will put the Reps in control of congress.

The filibuster, which the Dems made possible, will be around for a while.

 

[Claudette]

That makes Manchin a better person than any neocon RINO alive.

I watched Manchin in an interview. One smart guy.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Its preposterous that legislation can get through the House with a simple majority. Utter nonsense.

 

[struth]

Joe deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, we haven't seen someone stand up against such a brutal, authoritarian, power grab in quite some time.....especially his own Party, it takes a special kind of courage to do that..

 

[basquebromance]

primary them all

 

[struth]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

We will get them to end the filibuster on Jan 2023!

No you won't. The mid terms will put the Reps in control of congress.

The filibuster, which the Dems made possible, will be around for a while.

The filibuster has been around long before there was a Dem Party. It actually goes back to Rome.

 

[basquebromance]

Senate approves unemployment benefits deal, ending logjam on Covid aid bill

The breakthrough comes after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) delayed a Democratic compromise on unemployment insurance.

www.politico.com

"Democratic and Republican senators are locked in a tough fight over unemployment benefits. And over Joe Manchin's vote"

 

[kaz]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

He'll be a Repub soon.

Take a closer look at his voting record

 

[struth]

so you're saying there's a chance?

Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'

The filibuster means that 60 votes are needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

www.businessinsider.com

He'll be a Repub soon.

Joe won't leave the Dem party, but it's clear the Dem party has left him.....

 

[basquebromance]

Looks like Joe Manchin has got a personal stake in the minimum wage remaining low.