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Munchkin and cinema condemned to oppose filibuster reform urged by Biden – LIVE

January 12, 2022
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a journalist asked Joe Munchkin for his response Joe Biden’Speech on Voting Rights Act and Senate Filbuster Reform.

“When it comes to defending majority rule in America, the majority should rule in the United States Senate,” Biden said yesterday in Atlanta, Georgia.

Manchin told CNN, “He understands. We all understand how the Senate works.” He didn’t provide any further details about what changes to Senate rule he might support.

Manu Raju
(@mkraju)

Manchin was asked about Biden, saying that “the United States Senate should have majority rule,” and he said: “He understands — we all understand how the Senate works,” to weigh in further. For


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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have met both Joe Munchkin And Kirsten Cinema from last day Joe Biden called on Democrats To replace the filibuster to pass the Voting Rights Bill.

Speaking to reporters after his meetings with centrist senators, Schumer said Democrats There are “not yet” rules on agreeing to the change.

Julie Sirkin
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Schumer tells us “we’re not there yet” when he garnered Munchkin + Cinema’s support over a change in rules to pass the voting rights bills, after holding MTGS with the two on the last day.

I asked if they would vote no matter what: “The answer is we’re going to vote, yes.”


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When asked by NBC News whether he still planned to vote in the coming days, Schumer replied, “The answer is we’re going to have a vote, yes.”

The Democratic leader has set a deadline of January 17, Martin Luther King Day, which will clear the way for voting rights bills to vote on rule changes.




US inflation jumps 7% in December

The prices of goods and services in the US continue to rise at decades-unseen rates, jumping 7% in December compared to the same month last year – the seventh month in a row in which inflation has remained above 5%.

represents a blow to the news Biden Administration and the Federal Reserve, which recently described rising prices as a “transient” event triggered by supply chain issues stemming from the pandemic.

On Wednesday, the Labor Department said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) – which measures what consumers pay for a wide range of goods – rose 0.5% last month compared to November and 7% compared to December 2020.

Price increases in housing and used cars and trucks were the biggest contributors to the inflation rate, with prices rising by 0.4% and 3.5%, respectively, compared to November. Food prices also continued to rise, although the 0.5% jump in prices is not as high as the increase seen in previous months.




Despite the focus on the middle-ways Joe Munchkin And Kirsten Cinema, It is unclear whether the other 48 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus support replacing Filbuster.

politician reported on monday,

mark kelly The Senate has not yet committed to changes to rules that would allow electoral reform legislation to be passed by a simple majority. Kelly, a centrist who is up for re-election in November, said Monday that he still hasn’t decided days before he might have to vote on proposals to undermine the filibuster. ,

For a party that prides itself on unity, the Democrats’ views are very nuanced.

Some, like Sen. john tester (De-Mont.) Kind of talkative filibuster but ‘not crazy’ about making exceptions for voting rights. Meanwhile, Sen. Jean Shaheen (DN.H.) says improvement is needed, but it is promoting more minor changes. That’s all 50. cites nearly impossible obstacles facing the party in achieving Democrats On board to unilaterally replace the filebuster, also known as the ‘nuclear option’.

and with a 50-50 split in the Senate, the majority leader Chuck Schumer No defection within the caucus can be tolerated if it wants to approve a change in rules and pass a voting rights bill.




Guardian Sam Levin and Jewel Wicker report:

Joe Biden On Tuesday, the Senate filibuster to pass sweeping voting rights legislation gave his strongest support to date to change the rule, saying he was “tired of being silent” in a high-profile speech in Georgia.

In one of the most important speeches of his presidency to date, Biden made a connection in history amid the civil rights movement, the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by extremist supporters. Donald Trump, and unprecedented efforts in many states limit vote whole last year.

He said America is at this time to choose “democracy over autocracy”.

But despite the passion, some of Georgia’s leading civil rights activists declare themselves to be more interested in action than speech, refused to attend Event on Tuesday in Atlanta where Biden and the Vice President Kamala Harris Spoke in Congress to pass key legislation and urged progress currently stalled There.




Schumer calls Munchkin and cinema after Biden calls for action on voting rights

Greetings from Washington, Live Blog readers.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the middle Joe Munchkin And Kirsten Cinema by name last night, after Joe Biden to plead strongly Democrats To replace the filibuster to clear the way for the Voting Rights Bill.

“I don’t want to confuse your listeners, it’s an uphill battle,” Schumer said at an event with the liberal think tank Center for American Progress. “Because Munchkin and Cinema don’t believe in changing the rules.”

Sam Levin
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“I don’t want to mislead your listeners, it’s an uphill battle, because Munchkin and Cinema don’t believe in changing the rules,” says Sen. Schumer at the center of the American Progress program on potential changes to filibuster.


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Schumer’s remarks came hours after Biden made his most direct appeal for filibuster reform, arguing that senators need to prioritize the health of American democracy above all.

“Let the majority prevail,” Biden said in Atlanta, Georgia. “And if that minimum is blocked, we have no choice but to change Senate rules for it, including getting rid of filibuster.”

But it is not clear whether the pressure campaign is going to work. Manchin indicated yesterday that he still wants bipartisan support for any rule change, which seems almost impossible. RepublicanUnified opposition to Filbuster reform.

And given the 50-50 split in the Senate, Schumer can’t move unless he has the support of every Democratic senator.

There will be more blogs to come, so stay tuned.

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