Chuck Schumer Neuters Mitch McConnell By Rejecting Filibuster Protection

Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) neutered Mitch McConnell’s potential to hinder Biden by rejecting his demand for filibuster safety.

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Majority Chief Chuck Schumer rejects Mitch McConnell’s plan to guard the filibuster and hinder the Biden agenda. pic.twitter.com/guhW2D66l8

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Majority Chief Schumer stated on the Senate flooring:

In 2001, then-Majority Chief Lott and Minority Chief Daschle got here collectively and agreed on a set of a guidelines to control a 50-50 Senate. We should always comply with that precedent.

We now have supplied to abide by the identical settlement the final time there was a 50-50 Senate. What’s truthful is truthful. That’s the precedent. We may manage the Senate at present if each side agreed to abide by the identical guidelines as final time.

The Republican Chief, nonetheless, has made an extraneous demand that may place extra constraints on the bulk, constraints which have by no means been in place earlier than. The truth is, his proposal would take away a instrument that the Republican Chief himself used twice, in simply the final Congress, to speed up the affirmation of Republican nominees.

Chief McConnell’s proposal is unacceptable, and it received’t be accepted. And the Republican Chief knew that when he first proposed it.

Schumer would have by no means flat out rejected McConnell’s demand if he didn’t have the votes in his again pocket to kill the filibuster.

Democrats have discovered their lesson from the Obama years. There’ll no tyranny of the Republican Senate minority. Mitch McConnell will not be given the power to hinder the Biden administration’s agenda.

Congress can provide President Biden the time to construct a bipartisan consensus on points just like the COVID rescue bundle as a result of Schumer is aware of that they’ll cross it with out Republican votes. Democrats are letting Joe Biden try to construct unity, however they aren’t going to waste time courting Republicans.

Mitch McConnell seems to be on his technique to being a spectator, as he’s not going to get to hinder Biden in the identical approach that he obstructed Barack Obama.

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Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor, who’s White Home Press Pool, and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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