The Senate changed its rules to save the economy. One senator wants a repeat to save the democracy
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The Senate found a way to bypass the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling, and Sen. Raphael Warnock is pushing to use that as a model for voting rights legislation—and he clearly got the attention of many of his fellow Senate Democrats. TheThe Senate changed its rules to save the economy. One senator wants a repeat to save the democracy
The Senate found a way to bypass the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling, and Sen. Raphael Warnock is pushing to use that as a model for voting rights legislation—and he clearly got the attention of many of his fellow Senate Democrats. The Senate’s debt ceiling deal involved passing one bill to allow the Senate to pass another bill that had the debt ceiling increase. The trick is, the first bill had to get 60 votes, overcoming a filibuster, in order for the second bill to pass with 50 votes. Ten Republican senators had to sign on for the first bill, and 14 of them did. But 10 Republican senators would not have just plain voted to raise the debt ceiling. No, it doesn’t make a lot of sense, but that’s the toxic combination of today’s Republican Party and Democratic deference to Senate traditions. And Warnock used the maneuvering to change the subject powerfully to voting rights. Read more