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🚨It's our birthday! Democracy Docket is officially 2 years old!🥳

Let's talk about what we accomplished this year. 🧵
This past year, we've published 140 articles.

❓27 Explainers: democracydocket.com/explainers/
📊25 Data Dives: democracydocket.com/news/article-t…
⚖️8 Case Watches: democracydocket.com/news/article-t…
✍️80 From Our Desk: democracydocket.com/news/article-t…
These are the articles you read the most:

1. How the GOP Will Try To Subvert Our Elections by @marceelias: democracydocket.com/news/how-the-g…
2. Legal Challenges to GA's #SB202: democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-…
3. What Happened in the Senate Battle for Voting Rights: democracydocket.com/alerts/what-ha…
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🚨BREAKING: Senator Schumer announces plan to push through filibuster and proceed with voting rights legislation using a procedure known as "messages between the Houses" in a caucus memo.

Here's what you need to know🧵👇
When the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill, the bill must go through reconciliation in order for the chambers to approve the same bill text. Messages between the Houses is a form of reconciliation.
Here's what happens: when chambers disagree on bill text, they can send the bill back and forth to each other with revisions until a final text is agreed upon. Once the bill has been sent between chambers 3 times, the motion to proceed CANNOT be filibustered in the Senate.
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