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lol for the first time in years, I’ve had C-Span’s browser video time out on me twice as I’ve been watching this debate. that’s how engaging it is. — PolitiTweet.org

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@billfrick Yes and no! I get it to keep from dilitory actions and just constant attempts to bring a failed bill up. I think Congress may have a thing where only the majority leader/Speaker can swap votes like this for reconsideration, which makes sense? — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. King: The only reason we’re having this debate right now is the majority found a rule (one that I’d actually never heard of) to get around the filibuster! The details of said rule, which I had also not heard of! https://t.co/sO9nJmWZNU — PolitiTweet.org

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Shorter Chris Murphy: Maybe Republicans are just more comfortable with the idea of returning to a world where the rich and powerful set the rules and democracy dies out. Idk just saying. — PolitiTweet.org

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@billfrick Oh wow! I am not a fan of that rule! — PolitiTweet.org

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@LOTHComic The next thing that gets voted on will be a proposal to have the cloture rule be changed to allow for it to pass with a majority vote if the minority doesn’t hold the floor to block it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Murphy brings up Trump’s statement the other day that “who counts the votes may be more important than the candidate” as the thing that Senate Republicans are refusing to contend with. “At some point we have to believe what we see and hear." — PolitiTweet.org

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And Schumer immediately puts in the reconsideration motion!! Sen. Chris Murphy takes the floor to speak about "the big picture” about the moment, and that it’s still an “extraordinary endeavor” to ask his colleagues to change the rules. — PolitiTweet.org

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And Schumer changes his vote to “no” to allow for reconsideration of the motion. — PolitiTweet.org

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Okay, with Boseman and Marshall voting, we are at 50-50. Barring some truly wild chairing from Harris (which I support!), the cloture motion fails https://t.co/mOiJkbBzI8 — PolitiTweet.org

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All Democrats have voted, looks like we’re waiting on two more Republicans to cast their “nay” before the tally is announced — PolitiTweet.org

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just waiting for VP Harris to rule from the chair that the vote passes with her tie breaking vote (lol jk….unless…..) — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin and Sinema vote in favor of cloture, as expected. No Republicans join the motion. — PolitiTweet.org

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jhjhajhfahfhlhaf Sen. Shelby, R-Ala., votes “aye” on cloture before changing his vote to a loud bit of laughter — PolitiTweet.org

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Sidebar: this is the fastest roll call vote I can remember in the Senate in a long time, since everyone is actually chilling there in their seats for a change — PolitiTweet.org

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And here we go. VP Harris: “The question is: Is it the sense of the Senate” that “debate on this bill come to a close." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @igorbobic: During rare moments today, we got a bite of how Senate used to operate. Members physically in their seats, listening intentl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LisaDNews: Not in the chamber during Warnock's speech: - Sen. Sinema. She was one of three Dems I did not see there. She is not yet i… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @millie: Tonight, a group of people got onto my subway car and put up a bunch of anti-science stickers, so after they left, I removed th… — PolitiTweet.org

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@millie Wow what an ass, I’m sorry you had that happen! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LisaDNews: Some notes from the Senate chamber. Nearly every Senate Democrat is in their seat, listening closely to this rare debate.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @drcchampagne: "We are caught somewhere between January 5th and January 6th — between our hopes and our fears, between bigotry and belov… — PolitiTweet.org

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senator, don’t tempt me with a good time. — PolitiTweet.org

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one of the biggest canards in modern politics is “the bill is long so it must be bad!!” y’all, so many of those pages are just telling you which part of which law is being changed by each clause. we have a lot of laws and they are complex! changes to them are therefore complex. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AJentleson: Don't take it from me. Take it from Martin Gold, former counsel to Howard Baker and author of a leading manual on Senate pr… — PolitiTweet.org

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I have heard zero reports about Republican senators knocking on Democrats’ doors, shopping around changes for the proposed federal election bills. Where was the “we need amendments to be able to support this bill!!” energy then? — PolitiTweet.org

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Blunt complains that Democrats offered no chances to offer amendments or changes to the bill once it hit the floor. I’d say they had months behind the scenes and all day today to offer up suggestions for what changes they’d make that doesn’t contradict the spirit of the bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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Last three speakers before the cloture vote: Sens. Blunt, Klobuchar, and Schumer. Blunt starts off saying that he’d spent most of the day on the floor, praising the collective talent on display among the senators debating today — PolitiTweet.org

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Warnock: "I am still praying that we cross that bridge. But if not, we will come back again, and again, and again. Madame Vice President, I yield the floor." — PolitiTweet.org

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Warnock: King faced troopers on the other side of that bridge. We are facing a -procedural- bridge!! — PolitiTweet.org