Republicans Use Filibuster To Block Investigation Into January 6 Insurrection

Senate Republicans have used the filibuster to block a bipartisan bill that would establish a January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection. 


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1375742

Your move, Senator Manchin.

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Manchin, you wanted attention, you’ll get all the attention you ever wanted.

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Joe M is looking under the sofas (ala Shrub looking WMD’s) for ten “good” Qpublicans.

Somebody give that bastard a kick in the ass while he’s bent over looking.

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Yeah, think now he’ll realize that our government is broken?

Betting he doesn’t.

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Fuck you, MoscowMitch.

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What color of shocked should we be?

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And now Manchin kills the Democratic Party dead before the GQP is even finished with its own death throes.

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This will be mentioned in every single ad by Democrats. Run it on every RW stations.

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Seems to me that if we lose the House (not saying we will) then Manchin’s machinations are completely for naught.

Unless his goal is to lose the House, then shrug his shoulders and say it wasn’t his fault that nothing’s happening to improve the country. What could he do…

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With a flag pole wielded by an insurrectionist. It should be a constant reminder that the vote to quash a 1/6 commission occurred on the start of the Memorial Day weekend.

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I like the way “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States” has become a radical, far-left idea.

There are other ways to establish an investigative committee. Do it!!

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SIX Republicans put the country before their rotten party. SIX.

That is six Republicans who will be primaried in the next election so the RepubliQans can try to elect someone more rotten.

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So much for Manchin’s mythical ten “good faith” Republicans.

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It would be fun if Sen. Schumer were to hold a vote to kill the filibuster now.

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Senator McConnel is an even bigger detriment to democracy that Trump, in my opinion.

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Rump will absolutely see to that!

Ah, but Joe can argue, 'hey, I got 7! That’s almost 10! Next time I’ll get 10!"
wanker.

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Purple, to represent apoplexy.

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Did I understand correctly, Sen. Sinema didn’t show up to vote?

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