× Endgame for H.R. 1? I won’t make special exceptions to the filibuster for topics like voting rights, says Manchin Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Endgame for H.R. 1? I won’t make special exceptions to the filibuster for topics like voting rights, says Manchin AllahpunditPosted at 3:13 pm on March 17, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter It’s exhausting trying to parse where this guy stands on the filibuster day to day because he’s gotten good at not giving straight answers about it. Ten days ago he was asked whether he might use reconciliation, a budgetary process, to pass a non-budgetary bill like H.R. 1, the House’s election-reform package. That would be a radical departure from Senate procedure, essentially swallowing the filibuster without abolishing it by allowing the majority to pass any type of bill it wants via a simple majority. Manchin … didn’t give a straight answer.