A key thing about today's vote on S1 that is getting lost:
*Even if* Manchin votes to clear this procedural hurdle, it doesn't mean he'll ultimately vote in favor of the voting rights package
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*Even if* Manchin votes to clear this procedural hurdle, it doesn't mean he'll ultimately vote in favor of the voting rights package
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As one senior Senate Democratic aide put it: "There's still a million outs for Joe Manchin, regardless of how he votes"
And he and Sinema have consistently made it clear they will not blow up the filibuster for this bill
And he and Sinema have consistently made it clear they will not blow up the filibuster for this bill
Remember: This is a bill Democrats *never thought* would get 60 votes in the Senate
When it was first introduced in the House, it was largely seen as an overly ambitious messaging bill w/ no shot of becoming law while Trump ruled the White House & Mitch McConnell led the Senate
When it was first introduced in the House, it was largely seen as an overly ambitious messaging bill w/ no shot of becoming law while Trump ruled the White House & Mitch McConnell led the Senate
But once Joe Biden became president & Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, the party's progressive wing saw the bill as its chance to make good on a promise to overhaul the nation's election laws & strong-arm more moderate Democrats into eliminating the filibuster
The problem with this approach is it's since splintered the party over the decision and puts several Democratic senators — particularly those up for re-election in competitive districts — in an awkward position about how they vote
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