Joe Manchin partial support thread: [View all]

[guillaumeb]

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Manchin said,

“We need some good rules changes to make the place work better. But getting rid of the filibuster doesn’t make it work better,” Manchin told reporters."

He has previously expressed support for the idea of regulating what a filibuster is. Now, any GOP idiot can claim that he/she is filibustering, with no requirement for actual talking and no requirement to talk on topic.

Requiring that members be in the Chamber, talking directly on the topic, would greatly reduce the likelihood of these sham filibusters.

I am not arguing that the filibuster serves democracy, and the Senate has always been far from representative of the actual population, but given a 50-50 split, filibuster reform might be the only way to get to a 50-50 tie, with the VP casting the decisive vote.

And how inspirational would it be if the first biracial, female VP cast the deciding vote to sustain a democratic country?