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"It’s totally bizarre to me to say we want to keep the 60-vote threshold, but obviously, that’s not working, ... So we’re going to do this dumb thing and abuse another rule in a way that creates worse legislation instead."
~@ezraklein

#EndTheFilibuster
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"when you’re faced with a choice between delivering results and failing because you care more about the filibuster than about getting things done ..."

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @kyrstensinema
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"Mitch McConnell begins the session by filibustering the organizing resolution... So he starts out by saying, I will let you do nothing. I will not even let you build a Senate."

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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"Republicans are going ... to obstruct pretty much everything that Biden wants to do. And Manchin and Sinema will have to choose between reforming the rules or getting nothing done."

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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"No, this is one of the biggest misconceptions about the filibuster. The misconception is the idea that it promotes bipartisanship, when, in fact, it does the opposite. ..."

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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"So Republicans collectively don’t want to see President Biden standing at a signing ceremony with Mitt Romney, signing a bill that is going to massively slash child poverty because that’s not good for their political interests"

#EndTheFilibuster
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The filibuster "provides an irresistible temptation for the party that’s out of power to make the party in power look bad."
~@AJentleson

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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"But really, what it does is, give Republicans the ability to simply make Democrats look bad at all times. And in a polarized environment, that’s the rational political choice."
~@AJentleson

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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"They [the founders] really did look at this, and they really did reject it."

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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"Bipartisanship is something the majority wants & the minority does not have an incentive to give them. Because ... if the majority looks like they’re doing a great job governing, they have these big bipartisan bills, they can run for reelection on that."

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"Mitch McConnell understood [obstructionism] frankly, better than any Senate leader before him. He understood that he could get the majority back by sabotaging their ability to govern."
~@ezraklein

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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Mitch McConnell "proved that obstruction in our current polarized environment is a successful political strategy for the party that’s out of power."
~@AJentleson

#EndTheFilibuster @Sen_JoeManchin @SenatorSinema
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Congress is like:
"for your boss to finish his project, he needs your help. And if you don’t help him, he won’t finish his project, & you may become the boss. And if you do help him, he will finish his project, & you may lose your job."

#EndTheFilibuster
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Mitch McConnell "is not a unique, evil genius. He’s simply somebody who correctly understands the incentives of the system that we have set up and that we allow to roll forward. And in a way, he’s weaker than other Senate leaders."
~@ezraklein

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Mitch McConnell & his corrupt cabal of GOP senators can NOT be allowed to continue to block Congress from enacting much needed legislation.

It must be made clear to the public that McConnell & his GOP senators are HURTING AMERICA for their personal benefit.

#StopTheMitching