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Takket

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2. there is no coming around. So the time is now

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 10:56 AM

Jun 2021

5 months have passed and Manchin is dug in. If we don't get SOMETHING passed, we're doomed in 2022 under the tidal wave of voter suppression. of course i don't see ANY voting rights bill getting passed the filibuster so i'm not sure what we can do...

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New: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urges Dems not to abandon HR1 for narrower bill preferred by Manchin [View all] soothsayer Jun 2021 OP

If Manchin doesn't come around at what point do you go with "plan B"? n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #1

there is no coming around. So the time is now Takket Jun 2021 #2

Well, for starters, Poor People's Campaign is hitting the WV streets in protest on June 14 Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #5

Maybe after we see what Garland is gonna do Fullduplexxx Jun 2021 #9

Is it legal for Speaker Pelosi gab13by13 Jun 2021 #3

She knows the Progressive Caucus will never approve a narrower bill if one is sent to conference. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #4

That might be true, though I suspect that they'll take what they can OnDoutside Jun 2021 #10

The solution largely lies outside of Pelosi's control- its up to We, The People, via direct action. Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #11

But unfortunately that requires voting in 22 and beyond, meanwhile OnDoutside Jun 2021 #13

Direct action is NOT voting- it is action in the streets to speak out for voting rights Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #14

K&R... spanone Jun 2021 #6

Manchin has a friend in Di Fi, of course. LenaBaby61 Jun 2021 #7

Sen. Feinstein is senile Bayard Jun 2021 #8

She knows what she is doing--I trust her pandr32 Jun 2021 #12

You trust her to keep the fillibuster? LenaBaby61 Jun 2021 #15

Madame Speaker knows her House pandr32 Jun 2021 #16

I wasn't talking about Nancy ... LenaBaby61 Jun 2021 #17

I was talking about Nancy pandr32 Jun 2021 #19

Nancy isn't about to "abandon" HR1. Therefore the caucus she leads won't. Hortensis Jun 2021 #18