Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
Always an uphill climb. Manchin dialed up expectation in March by calling for changes to make it a more painful to block bills; then he backpedaled. Now we’re well into filibuster season (1/6, paycheck fairness act, S1 today) and the two big holdouts are digging in. — PolitiTweet.org
Benjy Sarlin @BenjySarlin
The broad assumption heading into the election was that a narrow 50-50 Senate would be unlikely to dump the filibus… https://t.co/Yqr4fubcqF