Comments on: Manchin Lays Out His Voting Rights Priorities http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/06/17/manchin-lays-out-his-voting-rights-priorities/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 08 May 2026 01:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/06/17/manchin-lays-out-his-voting-rights-priorities/#comment-178433 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 19 Jun 2021 01:36:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20612#comment-178433 I'm wrong, again. I'm wrong, again.

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]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/06/17/manchin-lays-out-his-voting-rights-priorities/#comment-178431 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:22:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20612#comment-178431 I think it will be. I think it will be.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/06/17/manchin-lays-out-his-voting-rights-priorities/#comment-178426 nypoet22 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:22:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20612#comment-178426 Happy juneteenth! I sincerely hope this will be the title of tonight's ftp. Happy juneteenth!

I sincerely hope this will be the title of tonight's ftp.

]]> By: John M http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/06/17/manchin-lays-out-his-voting-rights-priorities/#comment-178425 John M Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:21:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20612#comment-178425 If I read what has been reported in the news correctly lately, Manchin is open to adopting the suggestion on the filibuster that rather than requiring 60 votes to end the filibuster, you only require 55 votes to end it, or 41 affirmative votes to start a filibuster in the first place. If I read what has been reported in the news correctly lately, Manchin is open to adopting the suggestion on the filibuster that rather than requiring 60 votes to end the filibuster, you only require 55 votes to end it, or 41 affirmative votes to start a filibuster in the first place.

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/06/17/manchin-lays-out-his-voting-rights-priorities/#comment-178423 ListenWhenYouHear Fri, 18 Jun 2021 07:27:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20612#comment-178423 John M from Ct. I believe that Manchin has actually said that he would not weaken or abolish the filibuster; which would seem to indicate that he would be open to modify the filibuster in ways that strengthened it. John M from Ct.

I believe that Manchin has actually said that he would not weaken or abolish the filibuster; which would seem to indicate that he would be open to modify the filibuster in ways that strengthened it.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/06/17/manchin-lays-out-his-voting-rights-priorities/#comment-178421 John M from Ct. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:53:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20612#comment-178421 Can you comment on how this opening to getting all 50 Democrats onto a voting reform bill is going to get past the filibuster? Manchin is either blind or he isn't. He knows perfectly well that a voting rights bill cut to his liking - that is, close to his .pdf as you report here - is not going to get a Republican vote in the Senate, not to mention the House. But the House Dems could swallow hard and pass this watered-down bill. The Senate Dems haven't a chance. Yet... here is Manchin, taking the time to itemize and therefore make possible a unified Democratic bill in the Senate - that can't pass unless the filibuster is modified or abolished. Which he took the time a week ago to declare he would never do. Why is he taking all this time to set himself up on both sides of the same issue? Can you comment on how this opening to getting all 50 Democrats onto a voting reform bill is going to get past the filibuster?

Manchin is either blind or he isn't. He knows perfectly well that a voting rights bill cut to his liking - that is, close to his .pdf as you report here - is not going to get a Republican vote in the Senate, not to mention the House. But the House Dems could swallow hard and pass this watered-down bill. The Senate Dems haven't a chance.

Yet... here is Manchin, taking the time to itemize and therefore make possible a unified Democratic bill in the Senate - that can't pass unless the filibuster is modified or abolished. Which he took the time a week ago to declare he would never do.

Why is he taking all this time to set himself up on both sides of the same issue?

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