Id rather the whole fillibuster be nuked, but this is a perfectly acceptable start. We gotta get them the votes to be able to follow through though. VOTE!
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They only had 50 years to nuke the filibuster, all it takes is a simple majority.
I'll believe it when I see it.
It's always next time, like a carrot dangled in front of voters to lure them to the polls, only to be shit on, again.
It's more that there have never been the votes to do it, but there might be after the coming election.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was considering changing or open to changing or may change the filibuster rules next year to pass a federal Roe law, enshrining national abortion rights.
Saying that you're going to do it if you have the numbers and trump isnt in office to veto it would be a lot better...
But that's apparently too much of a commitment.
I mean. Ideally we'd have done it during Bidens first two years when we had the chance.
But it's good to hear that Schumer is checks notes considering being open to maybe doing something 6 months from now...
Possibly
This is what a trial balloon looks like.
He can't do it today because the House is controlled by Republicans, and they won't go along with passing anything.
A trial balloon for what?
To see if Dem voters want Roe vs Wade codified still or if we changed our mind over the last 30 some years we've been saying we need to do it?
He can’t do it today because the House is controlled by Republicans, and they won’t go along with passing anything.
What was the excuse for 2020-2021?
It's a trial balloon for actually doing it.
In 2020-2021 Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema weren't willing to go along, so the votes weren't there.
Should have done it during Obama’s first term, when we had the votes. But it was deemed “not a priority” after we voted them into a supermajority.
So yeah, I think your skepticism of Schumer’s intent here is warranted.
The bill has already been drafted and ready for a vote since 2003. Barbara Boxer in the House and Jerry Nadler already had the legislation drafted. PELOSI refused to bring it to a vote.