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RE: Dems' 'nuclear option' push fails, election bills dead, after Sinema and Manchin
Sorry Chuckster. The answer is 52 Senators did not agree.
01-20-2022 07:36 PM
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RE: Dems' 'nuclear option' push fails, election bills dead, after Sinema and Manchin vote
If this bill truly protected voting rights and prevented their diminution, then Schumer might have an argument. But this bill doesn't.
01-20-2022 07:44 PM
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RE: Dems' 'nuclear option' push fails, election bills dead, after Sinema and Manchin vote
(01-20-2022 07:44 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  If this bill truly protected voting rights and prevented their diminution, then Schumer might have an argument. But this bill doesn't.

Correct. "Protecting voting rights" has such universal appeal though. How can anyone be against that?
01-20-2022 07:59 PM
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Dems' 'nuclear option' push fails, election bills dead, after Sinema and Manchin vote
(01-20-2022 07:59 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  
(01-20-2022 07:44 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  If this bill truly protected voting rights and prevented their diminution, then Schumer might have an argument. But this bill doesn't.

Correct. "Protecting voting rights" has such universal appeal though. How can anyone be against that?



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01-20-2022 08:14 PM
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RE: Dems' 'nuclear option' push fails, election bills dead, after Sinema and Manchin vote
It was to protect the ability of local Democrats to cheat. To have the right to vote as many times as they needed to win.
01-20-2022 08:39 PM
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