Sahil Kapur

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

In sum: The Manchin puzzle is the same as it's been all year. He wants any filibuster rule change to have bipartisan support (needs 67 via regular order, 50+1 via nuclear option). But Republicans don't want a rule change that enables passage of election legislation they oppose. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2022

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Joe Manchin says one of the discussions is to change the standard for overriding a filibuster to three-fifths of those *voting and present* in the Senate—currently it's three-fifths of the entire chamber, i.e. 60 votes flat to move forward with most legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2022

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@jordanzakarin @Sen_JoeManchin the latter — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2022