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Rhiannon12866

(205,227 posts)
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 03:26 AM Jan 2022

Senate Uses 'Nuclear Option' All The Time Despite Manchin & Sinema Saying Otherwise - TRMS



Rachel Maddow lists recent examples of the Senate using the "nuclear option" to allow legislation to pass with a simple majority instead of the filibuster's required 60-vote majority, showing that the resistance to a filibuster exception for voting rights legislation is less about procedure than it is about voting rights. Aired on 01/19/2022.


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Senate Uses 'Nuclear Option' All The Time Despite Manchin & Sinema Saying Otherwise - TRMS (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 OP
Really! ItsjustMe Jan 2022 #1
So how many times did Manchin and Sinema vote in favor of the "nuclear option"? n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2022 #2
Both are frauds, duforsure Jan 2022 #3

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. Both are frauds,
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 04:36 AM
Jan 2022

Driven by greed and power. They are selling out for wealthy donors. That's why they're lying now and using excuses.

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