UPDATED: U.S. Senate Democrats to try again to Break Filibuster on Voting Rights

Chuck Schumer
Joe Manchin

Schumer to try again to break filibuster on Manchin watered-down version of H.R. 1/S. 1 “For the People Act”

According to National Journal this morning, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, NY) will try again to break the filibuster on the compromise he worked out with Senator Joe Manchin (D, WV) in early summer to the Democrats’ cherished “For the People Act” (H.R. 1/S. 1).

The needed Republican votes to reach cloture of 60 is believed to have not been attained, but Schumer trying again.

The bill will be Washington Democrats’ 2nd attempt to provide relief from more stringent laws passed by the states of Texas and Georgia, which make voting easier to do, while enhancing election integrity by making sure voting is harder to cheat.

The new compromise bill, now S. 2747 “Freedom to Vote Act” includes the compromise language in the legislation not included when the cloture vote taken in June, including Manchin’s condition for requiring voter ID (but not photo ID) to vote in-person.

McHenry County Blog will monitor the cloture vote expected for later this week, or next week.

From the desk of John Lopez: There’s a lot of confusion on exactly what with voting rights was successfully filibustered by Republicans in the U.S. Senate. If you think it was the H.R. 1 or S. 1 legislation, please read why you’re wrong.

Source: California Target Book

Whether FOX News, elected officials, candidates or the public, there is a lot of misinformation about what exactly was filibustered yesterday. While the grid of senators voting on cloture is useless, given it was a 50-50 outcome and in spite of Vice President Kamala Harris, in her role as president of the Senate presided, no tiebreaking vote on a cloture vote where 60 votes needed, please note the title.

“S. 2093”.

In Congress.gov, S. 2093 is labeled the “For the People Act of 2021”. So is S. 1, as well as H.R. 1, which on March 3 passed the U.S. House on a nearly straight party line vote of 220-210, with one Democrat (Bennie Thompson, MS-02) voting against it.

S. 1 only had 49 cosponsors, all Democrats. Who was the holdout?

Joe Manchin

Here’s the Deal that was Filibustered

Prior to Tuesday’s cloture vote, a deal was struck between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D, WV), addressing the issues Manchin had with H.R. 1/S. 1 and why he would not vote in favor of the original S. 1, or the version passed out of the House in early March.

According to media report in The Hill:

“Under the deal, Manchin will provide a 50th Democratic vote on advancing the For the People Act, though it will still fail to overcome Tuesday’s procedural hurdle because of a GOP filibuster that requires 60 votes. But being unified, Democrats hope, will keep the focus on GOP opposition to the bill.

“Schumer said…he would give Manchin a vote on his proposal as a substitute amendment in exchange for voting “yes” on Tuesday. It would be the first amendment considered.”

“Manchin, Schumer strike deal ahead of election bill voteThe Hill, 6/22/21

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As The Hill excerpt stated, yesterday’s cloture vote was about keeping Senate Republicans on record opposing S. 2093 version of H.R. 1/ S. 1, and alleged “voter suppression” along with what some states are doing on voter integrity.

Senate Republicans are also keeping the political pressure, though constitutional concerns, like the administration/operation of elections set by the states, per the 10th Amendment, favors Republicans. Manchin’s changes keep the federal takeover of elections intact.

Putting the politics aside, what are the specifics Manchin wants to change from the House-passed version of the For The People Act? The Hill highlighted Manchin wants in the deal that was struck:

  • No public financing of campaigns
  • Eliminate “No excuse absentee voting”
  • Implement national voter ID, but not necessarily photo-ID-voter-ID

Additional information from negotiations with Manchin can be found here, but any additional conditions were not revealed as part of yesterday’s deal between Manchin and Schumer.

Even if Manchin obtained Senate approval to his highlighted changes, one must wonder when the House had to vote on the amended legislation, if all of the Democrats would stick together for passage.

The country may never find that out, but clearly, the Democrats are taking their stance in Washington, and Republicans within the states, on election integrity and voting rights.

To be decided by November 8, 2022.


Comments

UPDATED: U.S. Senate Democrats to try again to Break Filibuster on Voting Rights — 18 Comments

  1. More DEMOCRAT treachery and deceit.

    NEVER, under any circumstances, vote for a DEMOCRAT.

  2. Honest Abe, what about all the RINOS like Romney and Princess Lisa Murkowski?

  3. Democrat politicians for many years have resisted implementation of a voter photo ID. They claimed, without proof or substantiation that poor, older and minority voters would be prevented from voting.

    Back in 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that voter photo ID was Constitutional.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24351798

    “The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws.

    In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana’s strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. Its backers said it was needed to prevent fraud.”

  4. NO ONE SHOULD BE MESSING WITH THE FOR THE PEOPLE VOTE SYSTEM, OTHER THEN THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE VOTING OUR SELVES IF WE CHOOSE TO CHANGE OUR SYSTEM HANDS OFF TO ALL POLITICIANS ALL OF YOU GO FRY SOME BIGGER REAL FISH THAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS FIXIN LEAVE OUR VOTING SYSTEM IN TACT GOT IT MORONS!… IT SHOULD BE BACK THE WAY IT WAS NO MAIL BALLOTS MUST HAVE ID AND PROOF YOU EVEN LIVE HERE IN THE USA! UNLESS YOUR USING THE OLD SYSTEM OF ABSENTTE BALLOTS … GOT IT… LEAVE IT ALONE!!! YOUR NOTHING BUT CHEATERS… AND YOUR TRYING TO PERPETUATE THE CHEAT… LAY OFF YOUR NOT FOOLING ANYONE.. YOUR SO OBVIOUS ITS DISGUSTING AND ALL OTHER COUNTRIES SEE WHAT FEEBS YOU ARE… WE ARE NOT SHEEP… !

  5. Manchin is like a bi-sexual, he goes both ways depending on HIS needs.

    He needs to be voted out at his next contest and WV needs a Republican to take his place.

    Typical politician with ties to the late KKK Tweety Byrd from his state.

  6. Stormy, When you gonna wake up and realize the kabuki theater in Washington, Dist. of Corruption, is played out by both parties?

    Two wings of the same bird of prey.

    Don’t fall for these theatrics.

  7. Here is the problem.

    Woke was created by those who believe “admitting” to a problem is the first step on the way to “recovery”. While this is valid with heroin addiction its an epic fail with racism, corruption, and the sort.

    Politics is the art of the Deal. You cannot “fix” politics, you cannot just “stop” politics, so what can you do?

    This is why we need the civil disobedience network. We are starting from zero because we have allowed Wikipedia to become corrupt. But we cannot let the next generation start from zero, and we are still inside the “woke event” – the Joint Chief of Staff just admitted the military brass to be woke. Every day a new woke organization is created in the media. We are still inside the event.

    We need to publish the recognized patters (the strategies, the events, the deception) in a way that cannot end up like Wikipedia. We need to publish how the White Liberal is indoctrinated to a point when it turns on everything and everyone. We need to document this pathological level of behavior.

    If you cannot do it yourself – help us, Gail and I, find someone who can, please!
    If you are an expert in English, in journalism, in anything relevant – I barter my skills for yours.

    We are not going to just “do something”. I have a strategy, a very broad and effective strategy to make the owner-operated network not just a reality but make it persist for at least for my lifetime. The rest is not up to me.

  8. Toilet Bowl, please becalm yourself, although I certainly get your rage.

    Digital voting is so corrupt.

    It really makes voting an effort in futility.

  9. Blacks are too stupid to get an ID to vote according to Chuck Jumer and Piglosi and the MSM.

    It’s racist to ask for an ID.

    Has anyone looked at the over 99% turnout rate in Pima County in AZ.

    One district had 106% turnout rate.

    Talk about overachieving.

    Wow.

    The second largest county in AZ has massive irregularities.

    And how about those Dane County WI anomalies.

    Apartments and nursing homes with registered voters that amount to over 26 adult people living per unit.

    Who knew Madison had a bunch of Amish living in apartments.

    Until the Dominion, ES&S and Smartmatic plugs are pulled the crooks in DC, both D and R, will continue to anoint their chosen ones.

    Just like the state of IL.

    And we keep posting about redistricting maps.

    Talk about taking your eye off the ball.

    Wake up and pay attention.

  10. JT: “Chuck Jumer and Piglosi”

    Also JT: “When they can’t debate they start calling names.”

  11. Good to see that space I am renting for free in that small cranium of yours is paying off. Get a life or a hobby sport.

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    JT on 10/18/2021 at 10:18 pm said:

    Shake, I can’t debate the 2 idiots I called names.

    The sad thing is that you are actually raising children.

    I’m not calling you names I am making a factual observation based on all of your posts.

    You really need some help if all you can do is troll people on a board where no one really cares for your opinion, commentary or nitpicking.

    If your life is watching what people post and trolling their input on the board you may want to spend more time raising your kids.

    Hopefully their mother is a better parent.

    NefariousShake on 10/18/2021 at 10:36 pm said:

    Hi JT – I wasn’t commenting on this thread, but thanks for thinking about me.

  12. Oh, look, JT thinks he knows anything about me — cool cool.

    JT – I call out your ridiculous hypocrisy.

    You then go after my parenting.

    You have real issues.

  13. Facts hurt don’t they troll.

    If you raise them to be as annoying as you they will not go far in life.

    Did you say hi to mommy for me.

    LOL.

    Get a life or a hobby.

  14. Isn’t it interesting how the wretched Democrats try to pull wool over the eyes of Americans by how they label Bills in Congress. Such as the current HR 1, which is labeled, “For the People Act of 2021”.

    That sounds very nice. But, actually it is more like “For the Democrats Act of 2021”. Many parts of the bill put procedures and processes in place in all 50 U.S. States to make it much easier to commit voter fraud and allow many voting irregularities. Here is a summary of the numerous things Democrats would force on all 50 States such as elimination of Voter ID in States that have this in place. The Democrats would hugely make the voting process much less reliable BUT favorable to them. Following is a summary about voting changes they want.

    https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/report/the-facts-about-hr-1-the-the-people-act-2021

    Democrats, as well as their friends in the mostly left wing media, are famous for mislabeling and mischaracterizing an issue or fact. One example used frequently by them is referring to illegal aliens as merely “migrants”, “immigrants” or “undocumented immigrants”. The word undocumented does not sound as bad as the true and correct term illegal.

    Another example of mislabeling by Democrats to make an evil and destructive bill sound sweet and nice like apple pie and baseball was the Illinois Democrats’ Bill, “Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act” (SB 818)

    Most Americans upon hearing the title of the Act would think, “OH, HOW NICE”. Or aren’t Democrats so caring and thoughtful. Something for the “Safety” and “Health” of our youth. Democrats are looking out for the safety and health of our youth. “Safety and Health” for our youth was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The Bill required the teaching of various sex topics in public school classroom grades 1-8 and included:

    “Define … bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, twospirit, asexual, pansexual.”

    3rd-5th graders, AGED 8 to 10, would need to: “Define vaginal, oral, and anal sex.” And,

    “Explain common human sexual development including … masturbation.”

    “Define and explain differences between cisgender, transgender, gender nonbinary, gender expansive, and gender identity.”

    Imagine. An 8-year old boy or girl being exposed to the acts of vaginal, oral and anal sex.

    Bottom line is that no sane and responsible American should trust the content of any Bill introduced by any Democrat in any location in the US whether it be city, county, state or nation. Every paragraph, every sentence, every word MUST be scrutinized as with a fine tooth comb. Democrats have proven over and over that their leadership cannot be trusted as exemplified by their Top Leader, Nancy Pelosi, some years back, telling members of Congress that they HAD to PASS the Obamacare Bill to FIND OUT WHAT WAS IN IT.

  15. bred, you obviously have young ones. Democrats say trust the science while at the same time tell us science says there are over 50 genders. I believe that’s called “political science” that they base their ultimate wisdom on.

    I hope this country is about to wake up and start to have the money we pay to the state to keep these indoctrination camps open begins to follow the child and not go to some school board with Marxist/Socialist ideologies.

    It’s a good thing Merrick Garland never made it to the Supreme Court. He thinks people complaining about CRT and DEI are terrorists. Well not according to their propaganda pushing news media.

  16. Too funny.

    Joe Manchin announced today he was considering leaving the D party.

    Poor Chucky.

    Get rid of the filibuster Chucky.

    You won’t have the votes to do anything. LOL

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