"All it takes to changes the Senate rules is a vote of the majority of Senators. That’s 50 Senators plus the VP, which is exactly what the Democrats have now. The Democrats could kill the filibuster tomorrow." -- @AJentleson on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/kill-fil…
"If Biden wants to have a successful administration and the Democrats want to deliver the results that were made on the campaign trail, they have to face up to the fact that filibuster reform is a necessity." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/kill-fil…
"Most of the Democratic caucus feels the urgency of filibuster reform. Voting rights will be the issue that brings it to a head. If the Dems do not pass voting rights, any good the Biden admin does will be quickly undone." -- @AJentleson on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/kill-fil…
"People bring up Manchin and Sinema as opposition, but the path to reform is paved with Senators who swear they would never change the Senate rules and then doing it. My old boss Harry Reid was one of them." -- @AJentleson patreon.com/posts/kill-fil…
"The basic success or failure of the Biden admin and of all Dems is on the ballot in 2022. At the end of the day, Manchin and Sinema like being in the majority, and they won't want to not to be in the majority. Everything is on the line." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/kill-fil…
"The constituency that Manchin and Sinema expected to be there applauding their stance on the filibuster just doesn't exist. And it's not a tenable position for them to defend an arcane rule that prevents them from delivering results to their constituents."patreon.com/posts/kill-fil…
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