Manchin's filibuster reform opposition cracks a bit. Biden's friend Clyburn can blow it wide open
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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski proved Saturday just how important filibuster reform is going to be for anything else that is good to happen in this country. She offered an amendment to the American Rescue Plan that directs $800 million to services for homelesManchin's filibuster reform opposition cracks a bit. Biden's friend Clyburn can blow it wide open
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski proved Saturday just how important filibuster reform is going to be for anything else that is good to happen in this country. She offered an amendment to the American Rescue Plan that directs $800 million to services for homeless children. It was adopted by a voice vote, and everyone applauded and congratulated each other and was happy. Then they came to the final vote on passage of the bill, and Murkowski voted «no.» She voted against her own amendment and against helping homeless kids. That's where bipartisanship gets you. Significantly, following that vote and the final passage of the whole COVID-19 relief bill, the guy who most endangered passage of the plan at the very end was preening Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. Following an entire day of negotiating and pleading and Manchin ultimately backing down, the recalcitrant West Virginian appeared on no fewer than four Sunday shows and backed down some more. His longstanding opposition to eliminating the filibuster has cracked, and he's now willing to say that it could change: «If you want to make it a little bit more painful, make them stand there and talk, I'm willing to look at any way we can.» That's what he told NBC's Chuck Todd. He told Fox News' Chris Wallace essentially the same thing—that the filibuster «should be painful if you want to use it.» Read more