Posted on 06/22/2021 8:54:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s over, and we are thankful.
It was a 50-50 procedural vote along party lines, but H.R. 1/S.1, the supposed “For the People Act” has been blocked by Senate Republicans. Sixty votes were needed in order to open debate on this legislation before entering into a vote on the actual bill. Because the Republicans were able to successfully filibuster, that 60 vote threshold was not met. The legislation is now dead on the Senate floor.
MCCONNELL: The biggest lie being told in American politics has been that the states are involved in a systematic effort to suppress the vote. That's not happening. As we all know, we had the biggest voter turnout last year since 1900. pic.twitter.com/wrONnJTJpq
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) June 22, 2021
Any way you slice it, if H.R. 1/S.1 had passed, it would have been a wholesale takeover of elections by Federal fiat. Democrats and the Left have been alarmed at the election integrity measures that state legislatures have moved to implement in the aftermath of the 2020 Election, and H.R. 1/S.1 was their effort to kill these measures.
My colleague Shipwreckcrew rightly called it the “Permanent Democrat Rule Act”:
HR1 is a collection of election law “reforms” meant to dictate to states the manner by which all states shall conduct their elections in the future, mandating certain voting practices be followed while making other voting practices illegal.
You can fit the classifications into two categories: 1) changes in voting processes and procedures that are designed to increase the gross total of votes cast in each election; and 2) changes in voting practices and procedures designed to eliminate any effort to improve or protect ballot integrity. Here is a general summary of the key provisions with regard to voting procedures mandated and prohibited:
Mandated:
“No excuse” mail-in voting for all voters in all states.
15 days of early voting for any election including federal offices.
Automatic voter registration — unless the individual opts out — upon the submission of personal information (name, address) to any state agency for any purpose.
Online voter registration up to and including on election day.
Automatic restoration of voting rights to felons.
Allowing “ballot harvesting” by third parties.
Counting of illegal aliens among state populations fo purpose of determining number of congressional districts in each state.
Public financing by creating “$6 to $1” match of federal funds against small-donor campaign contributions of $200 or less.
Prohibited:
No voter ID requirements.
No purging of voter rolls.
No signature matching for mail-in ballots.
No redistricting by legislative bodies in the States — only by non-partisan commissions.
No disqualification of ballots for “out of precinct” voting.
Or even shorter, “We can cheat with impunity, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
The Senate just wisely rejected a bill that would
❌ use taxpayer dollars to fund political campaigns
❌ weaken election security
❌ ban voter ID#HR1 was never about "voting rights." It's just a power-grab designed to keep Democrats in control indefinitely.— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) June 22, 2021
In an evenly divided Senate, this defeat would not have been possible without the filibuster, and the Democrats knew this. The removal of the filibuster was a scorching topic of debate preceding this Senate vote. Democrat Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ Badass) and Joe Manchin (WV Shifty) held the line against nuking the filibuster, although Manchin made noises about it needing to be reformed. While both Senators voted with their party on the procedural vote, we owe them a debt for Republicans being able to maintain and use the filibuster.
This is the big one the Dems want.
They’re going to kill the fillibuster or put it through reapportionment or whatever it’s called.
All other bills are nowhere near as important.
Circuit and Appeals Courts will be chosen to delay the inevitable unconstitutionality the SCOTUS will his it with, because 2022 is right around the corner.
I mean does anybody have any doubt what they did in 2020 now?
It’s actually good that they tried to ram this through because when all the fraud is exposed it’ll be obvious
THEY DID IT ! They cheated and stole everything
It’s never over. Our enemies play the long game. They will keep chipping away until they prevail. The have the Will, our side doesn’t.
Our side have been GUTLESS wonders for DECADES but hey keep voting the lesser of two evil!!
Are any states taking any action against those damn voting machines?
Great news!
Big applause for every legislator who stopped that nasty bill!
Who didn’t vote? Kamala gives the RATs 51 … just curious
The implication is to NEVER trust Democrats, about any subject, ever. They lie just for the hell of it.
If one says that the Sun will rise tomorrow in the East, stay up all night and confirm the dawn.
They had that victory with Obama and wasted it on getting Obamacare passed. The census is going to insure that the Democrats don’t control the House for many years to come.
So, we win a great victory, and all I see on FR is doom and gloom! You guys can’t stand winning.
Biden has a pen and a phone . . . .
Exactly
The Second Civil War was averted.
It failed on a 50-50 vote after Republicans, some of whom derided the bill as the “Screw the People Act,” denied Democrats the 60 votes needed to begin debate.
All senators voted.
NOPE, see post 26
Nothing the democrats demand is ever dead. That is why we now have abortion and the killing of babies on demand.
Elections have consequences.
It’s not over.
Wanna bet they hide the RCV provisions in some huge spending bill...
Was it over when the Russians took Vanuatu?
“It’s over”. Yeah, right.
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