{"id":1188265,"date":"2022-01-04T18:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188265"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:34:44","slug":"manchin-signals-he-wont-support-filibuster-reform-for-democratic-voting-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-signals-he-wont-support-filibuster-reform-for-democratic-voting-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Signals He Won\u2019t Support Filibuster Reform For Democratic Voting Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchin-signals-he-wont-support-filibuster-reform-for-democratic-voting-bills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Moderate Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin told reporters Tuesday that getting behind a reform of the Senate filibuster to pass Democratic-backed election overhaul bills would be \u201cvery difficult,\u201d indicating that he opposes the Democrats\u2019 latest move to ram the bills through the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PpDaa52LKQU\">Speaking to reporters<\/a> outside the Congressional offices in the Capitol, Manchin was asked by Politico congressional reporter Burgess Everett whether he opposes changing Senate rules or invoking the \u201cnuclear option\u201d to remove the legislative filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019ve] always been for rules [changes] being done the way we\u2019ve always done them, two-thirds of members voting, and any way you can do a rules change to where everyone is involved, and basically that\u2019s a rule that usually will stay, that\u2019s what we should be pursuing. [We\u2019re] still having ongoing conversations as far as voting because I think the bedrock of democracy is making sure that you\u2019re able to cast a vote. If you\u2019re legal, of age, and a United States citizen, you should be able to cast a vote, and it should be counted accurately. So we\u2019re talking about those things there,\u201d Manchin said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by another reporter to confirm that he was open to the idea of using the nuclear option to reform the filibuster in order to pass the Democrats\u2019 voting rights legislation by simple majority, Manchin was noncommittal, and indicated that it would be difficult for him to get on board. \u201c[Being] open to a rules change that would create a nuclear option, it\u2019s very, very difficult. It\u2019s a heavy lift,\u201d Manchin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime there\u2019s a carveout, you eat the whole turkey,\u201d Manchin joked. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing left, because it comes back and forth. So you want things that\u2019ll be sustainable, that\u2019s what you\u2019re looking for. So that common sense, commonality \u2026 I just believe that the bedrock of democracy is voting, and we have to do what we can in order to preserve that. But let\u2019s just see. Conversations are still ongoing, I\u2019ve been talking to everybody, we\u2019ve been having good conversations \u2026 since we left about two weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed by another reporter, Manchin reiterated his concerns. \u201cThe need for us to protect democracy as we know it, and the Senate, as it has operated for 232 years, are extremely, extremely high bars that we must be careful if we\u2019re willing to cross those. So, I\u2019m talking. I\u2019m not agreeing to any of this. \u2026 I want to talk and see all the options we have open,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to talk to everybody. I want to engage everybody, I\u2019m just not doing it from one side,\u201d Manchin said, adding that the Democrats\u2019s abolition of the judicial filibuster in 2013 blew back on them in 2017 with the appointments of 234 federal judges under President Donald Trump, including 3 Supreme Court justices.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin was previously uncommitted to amending the filibuster to pass the Democrats\u2019 election overhaul bills. Speaking with Bret Baier on \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d in December, Manchin told him that he \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/manchin-no-commitment-on-filibuster-reform-for-dem-election-bills\">made no commitments or promises<\/a>\u201d on amending the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s opposition also seems to throw a wrench in the plans of Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schumer-vows-vote-on-changing-senate-rules-if-gop-continues-to-block-efforts\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>, who promised on Monday that he would attempt to change the Senate rules in order to ram the bills through. \u201cIf Republicans continue to block our efforts, The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: Free and fair elections,\u201d Schumer tweeted Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderate Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin told reporters Tuesday that getting behind a reform of the Senate filibuster to pass Democratic-backed election overhaul bills would be \u201cvery difficult,\u201d indicating that he opposes the Democrats\u2019 latest move to ram the bills through the upper chamber. 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