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Chuck Schumer potentially eliminating the filibuster is the key to a radical agenda
NY Post ^ | August 21, 2024 | Rich Lowry

Posted on 08/24/2024 5:08:02 PM PDT by Red Badger

Chuck Schumer is doing us a favor.

Often, parties try to obscure or deny their radical plans prior to an election, but the Senate majority leader is being more candid.

In a session with reporters at the Democratic National Convention, Schumer (D-NY) suggested that — should Democrats win the White House, Senate and House in November — he would seek to end the filibuster for purposes of passing voting rights and abortion legislation.

This would be an inflection point in American government.

There’s no nuking the legislative filibuster a little bit.

The end run around the Senate’s long-standing requirement for 60 votes to pass nonfiscal legislation might begin with voting rights and abortion, but it surely wouldn’t end there.

If a nationwide imposition of abortion on demand can pass with 51 votes, why can’t Medicare for All or the Green New Deal?

Schumer already says he wants another massive climate bill, and waves away any criticism about the national debt.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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They seem to forget that at some point the Republicans would be in the majority and their agenda would be instituted sans fillibuster...................
1 posted on 08/24/2024 5:08:02 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

If the Republicans get control, then I suggest a 51 vote majority should be enough to arrest all Democrat politicians and send them to Gitmo for immediate waterboarding.


2 posted on 08/24/2024 5:10:25 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I think women should get out of women's sports before they get hurt.)
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To: Red Badger

It looks like Republicans will win the senate majority in November.


3 posted on 08/24/2024 5:10:45 PM PDT by AZJeep
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To: Red Badger

Remember when Trump was elected and Republicans controlled Congress ? They told Trump he wasn’t “allowed” to pass any legislation in the Senate unless he had 60 votes!!!


4 posted on 08/24/2024 5:12:44 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Red Badger

There will be at least two GOP pickups, West Virginia and Montana.


5 posted on 08/24/2024 5:14:00 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: AZJeep
It looks like Republicans will win the senate majority in November.

The election cycle of 2022 says "Hi!"

6 posted on 08/24/2024 5:14:50 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: CatOwner

I prefer 2010. After the Obamacare backlash the GOP picked up 63 House seats. They didn’t do much with it which is why we are where we are today.


7 posted on 08/24/2024 5:19:16 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Red Badger

Let fill and buster handle it.


8 posted on 08/24/2024 5:20:29 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Red Badger

The fillibuster is nothing compared to what they will do first. They are primed up and ready to eliminate the Electoral College ASAP. From that point on there will never be another Republican elected. If one ever does get elected again it will only be to further the illusion of fairness. And that Republican will be a Democrat with a very small almost invisible R who’s goals will be the very same.


9 posted on 08/24/2024 5:20:44 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Getting rid of the Electoral College requires an Constitutional Amendment. Not very likely.............


10 posted on 08/24/2024 5:25:17 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Openurmind

That would require an amendment to the Constitution. That’s not done with majority vote. That’s 2/3, beyond the 60 vote reqt.

Nothing is going to happen at $36T.


11 posted on 08/24/2024 5:25:37 PM PDT by Owen
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To: monkeyshine

People. The GOP needs to put it up for a vote first thing in January. It would allow the GOP to take us back 100 years if the democrats would agree. They’ll say no and the issue is put away but for how long? Same with packing the court. Put the 2 together along with the statehood crap(PR/DC). No doubt they’d do it even if they have to do it at gunpoint.

Speaking of gunpoint. They’d make Trump go down on Hillary with Bill holding the gun.


12 posted on 08/24/2024 5:26:47 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: monkeyshine
I prefer 2010. After the Obamacare backlash the GOP picked up 63 House seats. They didn’t do much with it which is why we are where we are today.

Obama was not able to seize total power. Checks and balances prevailed for the time being.

If Harris/Walz wins in November, there will be no checks and balances remaining. America will become a communist country.

13 posted on 08/24/2024 5:30:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Red Badger

Do it Chuck and then you’ll for sure lose the Senate. That’s not a threat, it’s a promise.


14 posted on 08/24/2024 5:30:11 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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Just the tip of the tyranny iceberg...

- Elimination of the filibuster...
- Expansion of SCOTUS by 10 members...
- Immediate HUGE increase in all forms of taxes...
- Immediate establishment of wage & price controls...
- Elimination of all gas & diesel driven vehicles by 2028...
- Immediate amnesty for 60-million migrant-invader vermin...
- Government takeover of all opinion websites...
- Prosecution and jailing of all opinion website owners...
- Immediate citizenship for 60-million migrant-invader vermin...
- Elimination of all homeschooling...
- Abortion rights expanded to offspring age of 4 years old...
- Canadian-style reeducation camps everywhere...
- Elimination of term limits for POTUS...


15 posted on 08/24/2024 5:34:06 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Red Badger

If in 2024 the Democrats cheat their way to the White House and control of Congress, I have no doubt they will eliminate the filibuster. It might be for just a few things at first. But then it will be for everything.

It will be for the environment. And for the children. And for a better tomorrow. And for the Revolution. ✊

Oops. I shouldn’t have said that last one. It was supposed to be a secret.


16 posted on 08/24/2024 5:34:12 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Red Badger; Owen

“requires an Constitutional Amendment.”

Having the Administration, House, Senate, Supreme Court, plus the backstabbing false Republicans, plus the fact they have thrown the Constitution in the toilet, it is actually very possible.

We shall see how brave and immoral they are...


17 posted on 08/24/2024 5:35:20 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SuperLuminal

“Just the tip of the tyranny iceberg...

- Elimination of the filibuster...
- Expansion of SCOTUS by 10 members...
- Immediate HUGE increase in all forms of taxes...
- Immediate establishment of wage & price controls...
- Elimination of all gas & diesel driven vehicles by 2028...
- Immediate amnesty for 60-million migrant-invader vermin...
- Government takeover of all opinion websites...
- Prosecution and jailing of all opinion website owners...
- Immediate citizenship for 60-million migrant-invader vermin...
- Elimination of all homeschooling...
- Abortion rights expanded to offspring age of 4 years old...
- Canadian-style reeducation camps everywhere...
- Elimination of term limits for POTUS...”

Pretty good and likely list. In summary... Full on one party Communist State like China.


18 posted on 08/24/2024 5:37:51 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: CatOwner

As long as the vote is bastardized the Cabal will rule. We the People will be relegated to ATM status in perpetuity.


19 posted on 08/24/2024 5:42:40 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: Red Badger
Schmuck looks like the type who has a sudden, unexpected, and fatal myocardial infarction.
Either that or he is someone who is destined to choke to death on a piece of prime rib lodged in his trachea.

20 posted on 08/24/2024 5:48:51 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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