Page 938 - Threshold News Today

And refocus, and rewrite this law to clarify that the vice presidents role is a mere functionary, and to raise the threshold for these sorts of challenges. and that has taken on some bipartisan urgenensy. members of both parties recognize its in the national interest to clarify this law. now, the big question is whether mitch mcconnell will remain open to it as he has indicate. you got bipartisan senators meeting, thats great. but mitch mcconnells got to sign on because this thing has to be bipa...

Save the country from radical policies. depending on whether you serve in the majority or minority, but what gives a legislative filibuster other than a tool that requires new federal policy to be broadly supported by senators, representing a broader cross-section of americans? a guardrail. inevitably viewed as an obstacle by whoever holds the senate majority but which in reality ensures that millions of americans represented by the minority party have a voice in the process. demands to eliminat...

Of them will say, actually, there is still a police investigation under way, will they be swayed by the arguments of the prime ministers allies means a change of prime minister means a general election and puts constituencies at risk, and fewer people will stick the knife in than expected. the key number is 5a. that is the number of letters that have to be received by the chair of the backbench1922 committee to trigger a vote of confidence. recent precedent suggests it could happen very quickly....

Debate the next day or so and likely see a vote wednesday of thursday. when those votes fail, then were going to see a vote in the senate on the rules that keep that 60-vote threshold. that is also expected to fail. theres even a question among democrats about whether they should have that vote, divide their caucus, because there are two democrats that dont support rule changes. but there are plenty of progressives who say we need to go on the record for this. thats what elizabeth warren was say...

Division infecting our country. the debate over the senate 60-vote threshold shines a light on our broader challenges. >> martha: more on the ongoing drama today. >> a stinging blow to president biden on voting rights and the filibuster. democrats lack the votes to change the filibuster exclusively for voting bills the president is skeptical about whats next. >> president biden: i hope we can get this done. honest to god answer is i dont know whether we can get this done. >> the president also f...

>> senator chuck schumer said the senate will take up voting rights next week but without support from senators sinema and joe manchin to change senate rules, that measure is most likely to fail. daniela diaz is with us from capitol hill. run us through what were expecting here. >> reporter: originally the senate was supposed to take up the voting rights legislation this week. instead of having their scheduled recess next week, theyre going to come back on tuesday and theyre planning to take up ...

Possibly can. the question is, do mitch mcconnell and republicans want to slow this process down? >> good afternoon, trace. confirmation of a supreme court justice is going to hinge on one thing, the math. democrats have never had the opportunity to confirm a justice with the bar lowered to a simple majority over a filibuster, mcconnell in 2017, he dropped the threshold to end the filibuster from supreme court justices from 60 votes to a simple majority, nuclear option two, and then gorsuch, kav...

Symptoms of the disease. but they do not fully address the disease, itself. and while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate aions that were sent the underlying disease of division infecting our country. the debate over the senate 60 vote threshold shines a light on our broader challenges. there is no need for me to restate my long-standing support for the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation. there is no need for me to restate its role protecting our country from wild r...

Whether democrats would, as you say, go nuclear and pass with a simple majority vote? i was just looking back today at when republicans were in the muskrort in the senate president trump was in office. mitchell mcconnell is running the senate. they went nuclear and decided it would be a majority vote only. 50 votes only to confirm supreme court nominees. then mitch mcconnell went nuclear another time and decided it would be a majority vote only, 50 votes only needed for lower level executive bra...

So we cant have that same fight again. the question is how you get past that 60-vote threshold in the senate. because you have to assume right now that theres no way youre going to get manchin and sinema to move on the filibuster. therefore, i dont see how substantial voting rights legislation gets through unless you get, i dont know, something from susan collins and mitt romney and lisa murkowski and then who were the other seven. i just dont see it. >> mark, lets talk about that for a second. ...