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Next few minutes. democrats would do that but republicans right now are trying to figure out how theyre going to do this, if theyre going to use a 60-vote threshold on a procedural motion that would allow them to get to an actual vote to avert the debt ceiling crisis. it will require ten republicans not to vote with democrats to raise the debt ceiling but to allow them to get to the vote to raise the debt ceiling. thats the next hurdle procedurally on the hill as theyre figuring out how theyll a...

This texas law is blatantly unconstitutional. it clearly violating roe v. wade, and thats what judge pittman found, and he laid it all out there in the over 100-page opinion, i think a very airtight argument. i do agree with some of the comments on the previous panel, which is the best way to deal with this once and for all and prevent state legislators in texas from trying to strip away womens right to choose is to pass a federal law. the house has done that. the senate should follow suit. >> a...

Simple majority vote. instead, what some conservatives want to see is they want to require a vote at a 60-vote threshold this. sounds of kind of in the weeds, but the reason that this is important is because this would give republicans an opportunity to have to vote in part to help democrats increase the debt ceiling. remember, its a 50-50 senate. if you have a vote and you need to advance that legislation, you need some republicans to help you with that step. right now, theres a question. which...

Requiring a 60-vote threshold to allow the democrats to have an actual vote to have a debt limit itself could be the thing that provokes the democrats in the senate to all realize dealing with a party that has gone crazy means the 60-vote threshold rule has to be eliminated for something as important as the debt ceiling and if democrats agree to change that rule because the debt ceiling is so important, then the conversation will continue among democrats about what else might be as important as ...

Asked about yesterday. listen to what mcconnell told him. >> how is that easier than not filibustering and passing it? >> that would require getting consent from every single republican to lower the threshold to 51. i cant imagine that would happen. >> and again, that has been the consistent problem here. the thing that you have to think about c though, with republicans, and the reason were waiting here at these empty microphones for senator joe manchin is you need to find a way forward, and you...

Force a 60-vote threshold. josh hawley saying there are multiple republican senators who wont alou it to pass on that simple majority threshold today. as a result, democrats looking at changing the filibuster rules. they needful unanimity within the democratic caucus. wep eel see if they can get there. >> manu, thank you. that test vote later today. mark zuckerberg has testified now four times before congress since last summer with little fallout for being frank until today maybe. it has more ...

For voting rights legislation by impoing the 60-vote threshold mitch mcconnell is showing the absurdity of the threshold for anything in the united states senate. senate democrats are still struggling to meet the 50-vote threshold necessary to pass the tax and social policy portion of the biden infrastructure package through the reconciliation package in the senate and once again today, senator kyrsten sinema mocked the very concept of public accountability. >> senator, where are you on the reco...

Republicans are standing firm against raising the debt limit. president biden, as you heard last night, said that its a very real possibility that senate democrats could use a one-time carveout to address the debt ceiling. what democrats havent discussed is possibly using the nuclear option to blow up the senate rule in order to clear a threshold to pass a measure. instead, allowing a simple majority for the procedural vote. many democrats, some democrats agree with eliminating the f filibuster ...

We have to -- instead, the only way to do anything is through this kind of absurd procedural trickery like-wise with voting rights. there is a proposal that mansion himself has put together that cannot pass under the current configuration and the current configuration is meant to even further entrench minority rule that will make it harder and harder for democrats to win elections, let alone govern no matter even if they get substantial electoral major majorities. >> professor cobb, when, if you...

Allowing the debt ceiling to be raised by a simple majority, changing the rules of the filibuster so it could not be voted on by 60 members, he still has made it clear he has not changed his position. he still supports maintaining that 60-vote threshold. >> my caucus leader and majority leader is chuck schumer, and basically the minority leader is mitch mcconnell. i implore them to engage, start working, work this out. this should not be a crisis. ive been very, very clear where i stand on the f...