Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) single-handedly raised the stakes of the 2024 elections on Tuesday, revealing he’d consider carving out rare exceptions to allow votes on protecting voting and abortion rights.

Schumer’s plan would move the Senate closer to getting rid of the filibuster, a longtime rule that requires 60 votes instead of a simple 50 vote majority to advance legislation.

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    3 months ago

    It’s more about getting the republicans on record with a vote on a clean bill. Hard to campaign when you voted no on voting rights.

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      3 months ago

      Especially if it forces GOPers to vote against rape, viability and incest exceptions. Getting those fucks on record about that would be awesome.

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        3 months ago

        Showing the Dems will actually do something would motivate the apathetic people. It isn’t about swaying existing voters, it is about increasing the number of people who vote by giving them something to vote for.

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            3 months ago

            It is about putting the GOP on the record to motivate the voters by taking some kind of action.

            Try to keep up.

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                3 months ago

                No, I think undecided or apathetic voters who are not currently engaged in voting will be motivated by the Dems actually doing something before the election and seeing the GOP obstruct it. More motivated than by Dems saying they will do something in the future, which they constantly fail to do.

                Just fucking do something.

                I speak from experience as an unaffiliated voter who votes against Republicans, but isn’t really voting for Dems because I think they will do anything. Just because it is the best chance to make the GOP lose.