Lawlessness.
Posted on 01/13/2022 1:02:43 PM PST by redguyinabluestate
In a Wednesday memo to Democrats, Schumer promised to employ a process called “messages between the houses” to get both bills onto the Senate floor.
If you’re asking yourself, “What are ‘messages between the houses?’” you aren’t alone. Rules wonk that I am, I’d never heard of this process. But here’s the short version: Before a bill can become a law, the House and Senate both have to agree on the wording of that bill. Most of us are familiar with the two chambers putting together a conference committee to hammer out the differences in language — though these have been rare in recent years, as more and more obstruction has become the norm.
An alternate method uses “messages between the houses” to pass amendments to bills back and forth. “Each house has one opportunity to amend the amendments from the other house, so there can be Senate amendments to House amendments to Senate amendments to a House bill,” the Congressional Research Service explained. What’s important for this current situation, though, is that amendments from the House are considered “privileged,” which means they can be put before the Senate without debate. That, in turn, means there’s no opportunity for Republicans to filibuster bringing the amended bill to the floor.
This leads us to the play from Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The two Democratic leaders have picked a bill that has already been passed back and forth several times: one on NASA. The House will pass “an amendment in the nature of a substitute,” essentially deleting the entirety of the original text and replacing it with the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. (The House Rules Committee met on Wednesday night to get that process started.)
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Schumer could also use pixie dust to get Manchin and Sinema on board.
Anything that keeps another Trump riff-raff out of office is fine with the RINO establishment.
We will elect Republicans in 2022 who will only play nice with the democrats...
Because pmsnbc is so trustworthy
Just another wet dream
Lawlessness.
So they have to play games to try to pass something they say the country desperately wants?
“Schumer could also use pixie dust to get Manchin and Sinema on board.”
If I understand this correctly, this is not to end the filibuster. This is to enact the “voting rights” cheat. As Dems, I fear Manchin and Sinema would sign on to that.
Even if they do manage to get it past the senate, look for any state where it makes a difference to immediately tie it up in court on Constitutional grounds.
They need to suspend or carve out the filibuster to pass it, both said they won't do that to pass it even though they may support the bill.
*yawn*
the more red meat for their base, to give them “hope”
but it’s all for nothing, this isn’t going to happen, ignore this.
We’re just going to let Kalifornia decide our elections? I don’t think so
We all hope you are correct...but ignore what they say or do at your own risk.
The House will pass “an amendment in the nature of a substitute,” essentially deleting the entirety of the original text and replacing it with the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
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Gee, that sounds ricoish.
Conspiracy to subvert legal process?
Aren’t they prosecuting the 1/6 ers for that ?
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The moment I think some hairbrained leftist scheme won’t pass, I get gobsmacked
Corrupt Politicians Act - bump for later.....
Agreed. One phrase comes to mind:
“Sauce for the goose….”
We may not really like McConnell, but he does pay attention.
Could explain why there are concrete barriers once again being erected around parts of the White House.
They really do want to go full “in your face” hostile assault on this, damn the consequences - because they realize they are going to get totally creamed in November unless they can get this Federalization of voting fraud passed. That is literally the only thing that will save them from getting swept from office in one of the biggest Blue purges in any of our lifetimes.
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