{"id":19036,"date":"2021-06-11T12:08:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T19:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=19036"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T19:08:51","slug":"republican-senators-lack-confidence-joe-manchins-loyalty-to-the-filibuster-will-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/republican-senators-lack-confidence-joe-manchins-loyalty-to-the-filibuster-will-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"REPUBLICAN SENATORS LACK CONFIDENCE JOE MANCHIN\u2019S LOYALTY TO THE FILIBUSTER WILL HOLD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>D<\/strong><\/a>Sen. Joe Manchin heads to a vote in the Senate on June 8, 2021, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0Photo: Samuel Corum\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks between Manchin and Democratic leaders remain ongoing, and Republicans are unsure if he\u2019ll buckle.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ryan Grim<\/a>
June 8 2021 (theintercept.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE anything but confident that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will stand by his op-ed<\/a> in West Virginia\u2019s Charleston Gazette-Mail this weekend promising to oppose his party\u2019s effort to reform the filibuster along with Democrats\u2019 signature democracy reform legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, civil rights leaders met with Manchin to persuade him to abandon his opposition. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York told reporters that negotiations with the West Virginia senator were ongoing and that changes could still be made to the bill, S. 1, the \u201cFor the People Act,\u201d to placate Manchin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans said they are nervous the pressure will work. \u201cYou think it\u2019s over?\u201d asked Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., rhetorically. \u201cI\u2019m not confident on anything until the day after it\u2019s been done, so I appreciated his comments and thought that was a strong, smart move for the country, and I hope that he continues to have that approach to S. 1 as well as to the filibuster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S1 would ban gerrymandering and require states to set up independent redistricting commissions, expand the time and avenues people have to vote, and automatically register voters. It would effectively overturn the voter suppression bills Republican legislatures have raced to pass in the wake of the 2020 elections. Without those reforms, experts warn, the U.S. is moving to a form of governance in which Republicans representing a minority of the populace will have durable control over Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sprawling legislation also includes campaign finance disclosure reforms and federal matching funds for candidates, elements that could be jettisoned in talks with Manchin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked if he thought Manchin\u2019s opposition was a done deal, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., shook his head: \u201cYou can\u2019t guess at that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under current Senate rules, set in 1975, any senator can object to moving forward on a bill, and the majority needs 60 votes to overcome the objection. In 2013, Senate Democrats reformed the rules to allow nominees below the Supreme Court level to be approved with a majority vote. In 2017, Senate Republicans again reformed the rules, this time allowing the 50-vote threshold to apply to Supreme Court nominees as well. Democrats in the Senate are now pushing to move all legislation to a 50-vote threshold or require the minority to actually talk on the Senate floor in order to stall legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said that he was encouraged by Manchin\u2019s statement but that given the pressure he was under, the question was far from answered. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said much the same, though in his characteristically more colorful manner. \u201cI don\u2019t know whether he will or won\u2019t,\u201d Kennedy told The Intercept. \u201cHe understands that peace of mind up here comes with grabbing a principle and hanging on. He\u2019s pretty good at withstanding the pressure, but they\u2019ve put a lot of pressure on him, they really have. They\u2019ve beat him like he stole Christmas, and they\u2019re not gonna stop. They\u2019re gonna call him names, they\u2019re gonna talk about his mama, they\u2019re gonna do everything they can. Knowing Joe as I know Joe, I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll do any good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Richard Shelby, a one-time Democrat from Alabama who became a Republican as the parties realigned, said that he wasn\u2019t sure if Manchin would hold. \u201cI read the article; it was a strong, explicit statement. I would think it would be a strong word, knowing him, but you need to ask him that,\u201d Shelby said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., insisted that Manchin would remain firm. \u201cI think he will, because I think that\u2019s where West Virginia is at,\u201d he told The Intercept. \u201cHe\u2019s a Democrat, and he wants to help his Democratic colleagues, but he represents West Virginia, so from his point of view I think he\u2019s doing his job, he\u2019s telling his Democratic colleagues, from where I come from, this is a bridge too far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTACT THE AUTHOR:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Grim<\/a>ryan.grim@\u200btheintercept.com<\/a>@ryangrim<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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