Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Arizona @SenMarkKelly is a YES on the Senate rules change to move the Freedom To Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Adv. Act. "If campaign finance and voting rights reforms are blocked again this week, I will support the proposed changes to pass them with a majority vote." https://t.co/TANRSR3osu — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Welcome to NBC, @ryanjreilly and @scottwongDC! 🦚 🙌 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@ChrisSununu was “pretty close” to running for Senate. Then he talked to Republican senators about what the job entails. https://t.co/5l4qab059s https://t.co/jX5sdgoT2B — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheRealRon44 @SkySportsF1 @johnnyherbertf1 @MBrundleF1 @HillF1 Read 15.3 of the sporting regs. You don’t like how it was applied. That doesn’t mean it’s a breach. Facts are facts. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MaxKennerly @LACaldwellDC @frankthorp @GarrettHaake @JulieNBCNews but can that “vote” be held at a threshold of 51 under standing rules if it’s cloture to end debate? — PolitiTweet.org

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Per AP: Florida is moving forward with a Ron DeSantis-backed bill to “prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel ‘discomfort’ when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past.” https://t.co/oiMfEyl6ev — PolitiTweet.org

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@ppavnr @elwasson @jordanzakarin @LACaldwellDC @frankthorp @GarrettHaake @JulieNBCNews all in context of the nuclear option, which he seems to oppose even for rules changes he supports. a talking filibuster with majority cloture post-talking under 67-vote standing order? I bet he’d vote for that — PolitiTweet.org

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@billscher Under current rules one minority member would need to be there to “object” to an up or down vote (or UC or whatever) and then the onus is on the majority to find 60 to proceed — PolitiTweet.org

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@TommyzTakes @billscher Cloture today requires 60 even if the minority doesn’t speak. This rule would require them to either talk incessantly or, if they stop, allow the majority to end debate with 51 — PolitiTweet.org

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@billscher Completely different. Under existing rules the minority doesn’t have to talk. This would force them to either talk or enable to bill to move forward with 51 — PolitiTweet.org

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Chuck Schumer says this rule change would be narrow and only apply to the Freedom To Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. New rule needs 50 votes to execute. It does not have 50 votes. https://t.co/HMazuvqgKc — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

The talking filibuster would set up a test of wills. Onus would shift from a majority (to find 60 votes to proceed) to a minority (to hold the floor to block bill). Eventually one of two things happens 1) Majority leader pulls the bill 2) Minority stops talking, Senate votes — PolitiTweet.org

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@jordanzakarin @LACaldwellDC @frankthorp @GarrettHaake @JulieNBCNews sounded like he’s resistant to both — PolitiTweet.org

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New —> Schumer plans Senate rules vote to require 'talking filibuster' for voting bills w/ ⁦@LACaldwellDC⁩ + ⁦@frankthorp⁩ ⁦@GarrettHaake⁩ ⁦@JulieNBCNews⁩: https://t.co/HMazuvqgKc — PolitiTweet.org

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News —> Chuck Schumer says if Republicans block the voting bills he will move to "change the rules to allow for a talking filibuster on this legislation." Once the minority stops talking, "the Senate will move to vote on final passage at a majority threshold." — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer: "If the Senate cannot protect the right to vote, which is the cornerstone of our democracy, then the Senate rules must be reformed. Must be reformed." — PolitiTweet.org

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"Win, lose or draw, we are gonna vote." @SenSchumer discussing voting bills and a rules change after a Senate Democratic caucus meeting. https://t.co/qzS2TY2M45 — PolitiTweet.org

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Joe Manchin says he loves the idea of a talking filibuster, but opposes a plan to proceed to a final vote on bills with 51; he also doesn’t want to use the nuclear option to change the rules. That means the new proposal is toast. — PolitiTweet.org

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House Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Rudolph Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn for records and testimony. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@EMILYslist: "if Sen. Sinema can not support a path forward for the passage of this legislation, we believe she undermines the foundations of our democracy, her own path to victory and also the mission of EMILY’s List, and we will be unable to endorse her moving forward." https://t.co/kJOGXE6Chi — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Democrats are weighing a rule change to impose a “talking filibuster,” per senators & aides. A minority must hold the floor and talk in order to block bills. Exact details TBD. Durbin’s view: Once the talking stops the majority should vote on the bill at a 51 threshold. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonfavs: It may be a useful exercise for Democrats to figure out why a sizable majority of voters in one of America’s bluest, most dive… — PolitiTweet.org

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What's in John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act States w/ discrimination history need "preclearance" to change voting laws Replaces Sec. 4 formula (axed by SCOTUS in '13) with rolling 25-year period Limits review to most discriminatory rules Violations can be results-based — PolitiTweet.org

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What is in one of the two voting bills the Senate is currently debating 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitch McConnell assails Democrats for the sharp turn against the filibuster, saying they didn't call it a Jim Crow relic in the Trump era. "Just miraculously, it became a Jim Crow relic in 2021," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont: "Vote to allow every American the ability to vote. Don't hide behind procedure. Stand on the floor. Have the courage and the honesty to say 'I'm going to vote to allow people to vote' or 'I'm going to vote not to allow people to vote.'" — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer reiterates his plan to vote on a filibuster rule change, even though Democrats face internal defections and lack the 50 votes. “We must consider and vote on the rule changes that are appropriate and necessary to restore the Senate and make voting legislation possible.” — PolitiTweet.org

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A reminder: Senate Democrats are using a loophole to bypass the filibuster to *begin debate* on voting bills. But no such loophole is exists to *end debate* without (1) 60 votes or (2) a rules change. And they don’t have the votes to do either. — PolitiTweet.org

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Chuck Schumer is on the floor saying Democrats are under “no illusion” about their “difficult” odds on voting and election legislation. But he says “the public deserves to see” where every senator stands re: doing what’s necessary to pass them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Scooplet: NAACP president @DerrickNAACP sends a new letter to all U.S. senators before the chamber begins debate on voting and election legislation. "Senators, our democracy may be standing in its final hour," he writes. https://t.co/iuQ1UZrchs https://t.co/FPBAUcnDxj — PolitiTweet.org