With Marching Orders From Obama The Senate Prepares to Ram Through The Federal Takeover of Elections
Earlier today President Obama pulled the progressive tribes together and told them to support West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s manipulative deflection/amendment. Manchin is trying to defend himself against West Virginia backlash by clouding the intent of Democrats to forever takeover federal and state elections. Democrats want to codify permanent “mail-in ballots” into federal law to ensure they can duplicate the 2020 election outcome forever.
Using professional political parseltongue “Manchin said Tuesday afternoon that he would vote with the rest of the Democratic caucus to advance the bill. “I’ve found common ground with my Democratic colleagues on a new version of the bill that ensures our elections are fair, accessible and secure,” Manchin said in a statement.”
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‘Poor Chuck’: Schumer confronts midyear mess
Defections are looming. The clock is ticking. But the majority leader is projecting confidence: Unity brings us strength and success.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is more eager to let all the differences within the caucus play out and pursue the messy process of legislating in an evenly divided Senate. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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Senate Democrats are publicly divided over infrastructure strategy. The caucus most conservative senator openly rebelled against the party’s signature elections bill. And two of Chuck Schumer’s members keep clashing on military sexual assault reform.
It’s enough to invoke a bit of pity for the voluble New Yorker who holds the reins of a 50-50 Senate. There s a growing feeling on the Hill that Democrats are already running out of time to deliver on years of promises.
With a Democratic-backed bill in Nevada awaiting the signature of that state’s Democratic governor, the Republican Party chairs of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Caroline and – yes – Nevada issued a statement this week reaffirming their alliance behind keeping the current presidential nominating order intact for 2024.