To speak to a Senate Democrat early this week was to get a lesson in the discipline of staying in the present. What would they do after Tuesday’s procedural vote to open debate on voting rights and election reform, which Senate Republicans would unanimously filibuster? How dare you think so many hours ahead.
“We’ve got to get through the vote today,” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who had been negotiating vigorously with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin to bring him on board, said Tuesday morning.
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“We’ll see what happens in today’s vote,” Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin said. “Let’s analyze that after today’s vote.” He added that he wouldn’t try to “get into Schumer’s strategies at this point.”
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