Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday isolated specific parts of S1, the “For The People Act” voting rights package that he said he thinks can garner bipartisan support.
I’m in favor of some well-timed corruption here. What’s this man’s price?
What is most important to remember is a bill being passed by and signed into law is only the first step of enforcing a voting rights act. There is always the Supreme Court.
Remember, the only reason we are were we are in regard to this issue is Chief Injustice of the Supreme Court John Roberts declaring discrimination no longer exists gutted the last voting rights act passed with near unanimous consent in both Houses of Congress.
Therefore, what needs to be remembered is that passing a voting rights act may not be the end. We may be back at square one needing to end the filibuster so that other than Republican justices who care nothing for the constitution, democracy or their oaths of office will no longer control what is deemed constitutional and that a voting rights act will become the law of the land.
So, just STFU, Joe. And go get the damn votes, if it’s so important to you.
Manchin’s list of provisions he can support isn’t half bad, but it also needs the mail-in ballot provisions. I read Manchin as saying that if he can’t get a single Repub vote for that, he’ll vote for it anyway and give Harris the tiebreaker.
The progressives are going to have to confront reality. If they won’t support a bill that’s less than perfect from their perspective, they get nothing. That’s the art of legislating, isn’t it?
This. Stop talking about it, Joe, and do something constructive. Find out what your buddies on the other side of the aisle say they’ll support. Nail them to public commitments. Otherwise, yes, just STFU.
I want to see what he can do. The perfect is not the enemy of the good.
There was a time when the parties worked together to get stuff done—some good, some less good— but they woirked together. If Manchin can move the Senate back to that, that is a good thing.
Exactly my thoughts. If Manchin wants bi-partisanship he needs to be talking to the Rethugs. Perhaps he can school these spoiled, selfish children what bi-partisanship actually IS! And it is NOT Mitch’s my way or the highway crap.
Because voting isn’t a right unless it is bipartisan?
I’d rather see the GOP on record for voting against “beefing up election security infrastructure and tightening up campaign finance laws”
That’s not what he’s saying though. He’s saying he expects there would be bipartisan support for some of the things in the bill, then proceeds to list them. I’d be fine with giving that a spin. If it fails, then Manchin was wrong. Seems pretty simple
Yes, that’s my read too. And he provides a way for some GOP senators to sign on.
“Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday isolated specific parts of S1, the “For The People Act” voting rights package, that he said he thinks can garner bipartisan support.”
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In other words, Joe Manchin babbled incoherently.
From Manchins home folk.
I’d settle for same-day registration, early voting, and no-reason absentee voting plus some requirement that places to drop off absentee ballots will not be limited to one location in Houston, for example. The effort to establish independent commissions to end gerrymandering could not be implemented in time for the 2012 election, so put that off. Likewise, the campaign finance reform portion would not take immediate effect given the litigation that would ensue, so put that off too.
The article missed the only important thing that Manchin said. He said that the Democrats needed to TRY to get Republican support. That was his definition of the Democrats engaging in bipartisanship. This is almost exactly the same position he took on the Covid Recovery Bill. TPM missed that very same thing about Manchin on that bill that it is missing on the Voting Rights bill.
Re-election. If all vote, no way he wins.
Isn’t he the same guy who swore he could get bipartisan support for gun control?
“Look, preventing the mind-controlling parasites from taking over Starfleet on an “alliance of people who don’t want to be ruled by parasites” basis may garner short-term benefits, but will inevitably only exacerbate the distrust that millions of sentient life forms harbor against the Federation.”
Joe’s planning to run for re-election as a Republican in 2024, so he has to toe the future party line.