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https://twitter.com/jackiekcalmes/status/1480688860954779648

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 2/ Jan 7, 2022:
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown down the gauntlet, saying he will move to change Senate rules by Jan 17 [2022] if Republicans continue to block the Freedom to Vote Act & the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. (con't)

https://twitter.com/jackiekcalmes/status/1480687045609725969

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 3/ ...Because of the filibuster, neither can be enacted without 60 votes in the Senate — and no Republican backs both bills, though all 50 Democrats do. Supporters of the status quo have their reasons, many of them caught up in 👉myths*👈...
*myths≠ truth
washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-m…

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 4/ ...about the history of the Constitution and the Senate’s role."
In "the 1840s...John C. Calhoun" stalled "anti-slavery action by talking at length on the floor, joined by allies. His adversaries had no ability to stop the talk. (con't)
archive.fo/ofvpD

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 5/ ...His adversaries had no ability to stop the talk. From the 20th century on, the rules changed multiple times, 👉always to make it easier for the majority to overcome a filibuster and move to action👈."
"Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 22 that allowing minorities...

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 6/ ...to overrule the majority would cause 'tedious delays; continual negotiation and intrigue; contemptible compromises of the public good.' Congressional Research Service scholar Walter J. Oleszek has noted: 'Overall, the Framers generally favored decision-making...

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 7/ ...by simple majority vote."
"The Senate changed the filibuster rule in 1975, from 👉two-thirds of those present and voting👈👉 to three-fifths of the entire Senate👈. The 'present and voting' standard, by requiring senators to show up, put the burden on the minority; (con't)

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 8/ ...the absolute standard 👉shifted the burden entirely to the majority👈."
"Democrats have proposed...👉requiring that senators actually speak on the floor👈, or flipping the standard such that the Senate would require 👉41 votes to continue debate rather than 60 to end it👈.

@Democracy631 @clearing_fog @Haggard_Harold @nycjim @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @CatsChocolates @Knowledge2Seek @RonnieMotes8 @satirehat @SlickRockWeb @smp0312 @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @visionsurreal @YDanasmithdutra @zipillinois @JohnJHarwood 9/ ...These reforms to the filibuster would not weaken the Senate, but would restore it to its rightful place in our political system."
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are living in a myth-based world, not in a reality-based world. /end