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Montana’s OTHER senator, Tester, takes the floor to rebuts Daines on Montana’s new election law. Tester points out that Montanans voted for same-day voter registration — the GOP-led legislature overturned the will of the people and got rid of it. — PolitiTweet.org

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couldn’t be me acting as presiding officer in the senate and not gaveling that speech from daines down as being entirely non-germane — PolitiTweet.org

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Hmm. Daines using Brown v Board’s change of precedent to urge overturning Roe v Wade and not to talk about the way that segregation affected voting rights in America sure is a choice. — PolitiTweet.org

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And as the voting rights debate winds down, Steve Daines, R-Mont., also opts to use his time to talk about the evil of Roe v. Wade. He also lies to say that “abortion on demand” is available right up until the moment of birth in the U.S. right now. — PolitiTweet.org

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Whew, Maggie Hassan was big mad. Yes, she signed a letter promoting unlimited debate, she says, but she never imagined that Republicans wouldn’t stand up in defense of democracy. Parties must work for protecting freedom “because without that the rules of this body do not matter." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: Of the roughly 187 questions Biden took at his news conference, none were on immigration — striking since that topic domin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Whew, Maggie Hassan is big mad. Yes, she signed a letter urging protection of unlimited debate, she says, but she never imagined that Republicans wouldn’t stand up in defense of democracy. The parties need to protect freedom b/c “next to that the rules of this body mean nothing." — PolitiTweet.org

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@Grace_Segers Grace I had such a weirdly good time watching Cotton actually yield to Democrats and then respond to their points?? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Grace_Segers: There's a bit of a debate going on in the Senate right now. (I know! Shocking!) The reason we don't often see this - the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Cotton now argues that it’s weird Democrats are moving on this now given how it’s not at the top of voter’s minds. (And yet, the things the country DOES care about are being blocked by most of Cotton’s caucus, too. Weird.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Cotton praises Manchin for being consistent on the filibuster and commends Sinema for being the only other Democrat willing to keep the filibuster. — PolitiTweet.org

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Lankford: “What will make this the world’s greatest deliberative body is when we actually talk to each other.” That would be great, but as Kaine pointed out, that would mean allowing bills to the floor to even be debated, which is not the case so often now. — PolitiTweet.org

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@paxr55 Ha, I have a friend with the two t version so it’s a force of habit. — PolitiTweet.org

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And Cotton yields to Lankford, who argues that “nobody on our side has seen the proposal tonight,” which is fair: Schumer has yet to publically put forward the language for the rule change that will modify the filibuster. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bennett also notes that other countries don’t get the whiplash that some say will happen when legislatures change parties like pro-filibuster advocates say will happen. — PolitiTweet.org

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Cotton yields to Sen. Bennett, D-Colo., who agrees that he doesn’t want to turn the Senate into the House. But he wants the minority to have to hold the floor, make their case to the American people, and potentially amend legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Kaine points out that yes, he wants extended debate on bills but even having debate is easily blocked under the filibuster. And that’s what the motion from Schumer will be about, to "move to a talking filibuster instead of a secret filibuster." — PolitiTweet.org

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Cotton comends Merkley for being consistent on the filibuster, saying that one of the first convos he had with a Democrat on joining the Senate was with Merkley on cloture. Cotton then yields to Kaine, one of the signatories of the letter on the filibuster that Cotton is citing. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MbizBizy @USSenate Sure, let me see if I can find a good concise one! — PolitiTweet.org

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Cotton yields the floor again, this time to Sen. Jeff Merkley, aka the king of filibuster reform. Merkely points out that there have been multiple times where the chair’s ruling or the reversing thereof has changed the filibuster rules. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wow, King’s statement was actually in response to Cotton, who has the floor. Cotton is now responding to King’s points as if this was a real debate??? — PolitiTweet.org

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“[The founders] put in a lot of checks and balances. […] One of them was not a supermajority requirement in the United States Senate. Madison and Hamilton rightfully said that this would turn democracy on its head.” - Sen. King, again, accurately — PolitiTweet.org

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“The filibuster today is a distant cousin of the real filibuster” - Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, says, accurately — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LisaDNews: BIDEN Q12: Why are you trying so hard in your 1st year to pull the country so far to the left? BIDEN A12: Well, I'm not.… — PolitiTweet.org

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"WE MUST HAVE UNLIMITED DEBATE” sounds pretty wild coming from Manchin when the next speaker after him spends most of his time with an anti-abortion speech — PolitiTweet.org

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“will this child be able to vote 18 years from now” lankford asks in front of a poster board with a photo of a fetus. “i hope that this year is the last march for life in a roe v wade america,” he adds. — PolitiTweet.org

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i look away from C-SPAN 2 for like five minutes and Lankford is using his speech on voting rights to talk about abortion. And that’s about as good a summation of the state of debate in the Senate as I’ve seen in a minute. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbouie: funny thing about this madison quote is that the context is that madison is speaking about the length of term for a senator htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Grace_Segers: Sinema was on her phone for much of the speech, as was Warren. Most Democrats watched Manchin, several with a frown. Schu… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @igorbobic: After Manchin spoke, a few senators walked over to shake his hand, including Rounds and Padilla. Pro Temp Leahy, who is pres… — PolitiTweet.org