{"id":2345565,"date":"2024-09-25T04:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T08:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-gives-democrats-new-hope-to-weaken-filibuster-despite-hurdles-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T04:29:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T08:29:01","slug":"harris-gives-democrats-new-hope-to-weaken-filibuster-despite-hurdles-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-gives-democrats-new-hope-to-weaken-filibuster-despite-hurdles-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris gives Democrats new hope to weaken filibuster despite hurdles &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fharris-gives-democrats-new-hope-to-weaken-filibuster-despite-hurdles-washington-examiner%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=2345565&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>Senator Democrats are feeling optimistic about the \u200bpotential to codify\u200b Roe v. Wade into law following Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s recent proposal for a filibuster carve-out to facilitate the passage of federal abortion rights legislation. This marks\u200c the \u2063first time Harris \u2064has publicly called for this since becoming the Democratic nominee.\u2063 However, even if the party \u2063retains the Senate majority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calm-before-the-storm-mccarthys-majority-holds-together-after-100-days\/\" title=\"Calm before the storm? McCarthy&#039;s majority holds together after 100 days\">challenges lie ahead<\/a>, particularly with\u2063 the presence of centrist Democrats like Senator Jon Tester, who \u200dremains concerned about the impact of filibuster reform on minority rights.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200d some Democrats support Harris&#8217;s stance, advocating \u2062for the \u200belimination of the 60-vote threshold for certain issues, Senate \u2062Majority\u2063 Leader Chuck Schumer has been cautious, indicating that any changes to the filibuster would be discussed in the next Congress. The departure of Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who previously blocked such reforms, complicates the scenario,\u200c putting more pressure on Tester. The discussion reflects broader \u200cconcerns over the operational rules of the Senate and their influence on legislative \u2063effectiveness, especially regarding voting rights and reproductive freedoms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris renews Senate Democrats&rsquo; hopes to weaken filibuster despite hurdles<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1768660\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A fresh wave of optimism has rushed over Senate Democrats that their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-russian-disinformation-to-we-dont-comment-on-the-laptop-white-houses-messaging-on-hunter-bidens-laptop-quietly-shifts\/\" title=\"From \u2018Russian Disinformation\u2019 To \u2018We Don\u2019t Comment On The Laptop\u2019: White House\u2019s Messaging On Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop Quietly Shifts\">long-held push<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3133379\/democrats-think-record-abortion-will-neutralize-missteps-at-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"codify Roe into law\">codify <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> into law<\/a> could be on the horizon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3163988\/harris-pushes-abortion-filibuster-carveout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate filibuster carveout\">Senate filibuster carve-out<\/a> to pass federal abortion rights legislation, marking the first time she has said as much since becoming the Democratic nominee.<\/p>\n<p>But obstacles will remain in the next Congress if the party manages to keep the Senate majority, even with the retirement of pro-filibuster Democratic caucus members who&rsquo;ve previously stood in their way of rolling it back.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we ought to have a talking filibuster,&rdquo; Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;That will solve the problem to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinemas-exit-spells-trouble-for-senate-filibuster-protection\/\" title=\"Sinema&#039;s departure signals danger for filibuster safeguard in Senate\">protect minority rights<\/a> and keep the people who are obstructionists from obstructing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Senate control is likely to hinge on Tester&rsquo;s reelection, an increasingly difficult race that polls and election forecasters suggest is slowly slipping from his grip and tipping toward GOP rival Tim Sheehy.<\/p>\n<p>Chamber rules simply require senators to notify leadership they are filibustering without any further stipulations, forcing nearly every measure to muster 60 votes to close debate and move to final passage. Tester has previously not supported eliminating the threshold. <\/p>\n<p>Still, top Democrats were happy to follow Harris&rsquo;s lead, who told Wisconsin Public Radio that the Senate &ldquo;should eliminate&rdquo; the filibuster to enact federal abortion protections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am confident that many of our colleagues will do it exactly as Vice President Harris said, which is to make sure we restore the rights of <em>Roe <\/em>to every woman in this country,&rdquo; Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the highest-ranking Democratic woman, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> there was a &ldquo;desperate need of filibuster reform&rdquo; and that it should be eliminated for issues beyond abortion, such as voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The filibuster has been incorporated into our procedure requiring 60 votes for virtually everything,&rdquo; Durbin said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think that was ever the intention of those who created it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pumped the brakes. He declined to commit to altering the arcane rule in a move that likely offers a reprieve for Tester and other vulnerable Democrats up for reelection in battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s something our caucus will discuss in the next session of Congress,&rdquo; Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>With the retirement of Sens. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), who caucus with Democrats and previously prevented the party from altering the filibuster, Tester is likely to become the most prominent roadblock.<\/p>\n<p>Harris stated in her Wisconsin Public Radio interview it was her preference for the 60-vote requirement to be eliminated for the sole purpose to &ldquo;actually put back into law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Manchin and Sinema, Democrats turned independent, torched Harris and their former party for reigniting such a debate.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin said in a statement he would withhold endorsing Harris over wanting to change a procedure that &ldquo;stabilizes our democracy, promotes bipartisan cooperation, and protects our nation from partisan whiplash and dysfunction.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have always said: &lsquo;if you can&rsquo;t change your mind, you can&rsquo;t change anything,&rsquo;&rdquo; Manchin added. &ldquo;I am hopeful that the Vice President remains open to doing just that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sinema blasted Harris&rsquo;s proposal as an &ldquo;absolutely terrible, shortsighted idea.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To state the supremely obvious, eliminating the filibuster to codify <em>Roe v Wade<\/em> also enables a future Congress to ban all abortion nationwide,&rdquo; she posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Senate Republicans have repeatedly vowed to retaliate with their own alterations.<\/p>\n<p>Waiving the filibuster to confirm presidential nominations has been invoked by both parties in the past, first by Democrats in 2013 for all non-Supreme Court picks, followed by Republicans in 2017 for Supreme Court nominees. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murray rebuffed the notion Democrats would open the door for political payback and prompt the GOP to enact a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-leak-likely-to-spur-democrats-to-push-for-bill-to-codify-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Leak Likely to Spur Democrats to Push for Bill to Codify Roe v. Wade\">nationwide abortion ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we are talking about is a simple procedure to allow whenever rights are taken away from someone, that the U.S. Senate cannot be blocked by a filibuster and to be able to restore those rights,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see Republicans talking about being able to restore abortion rights anywhere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1768660\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1768660\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris boosts Senate Democrats&#8217; hopes to amend filibuster rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3253,"featured_media":2345566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/senate-democrats-filibuster-harris-abortion.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,10130,4021,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2345565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-filibuster","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/senate-democrats-filibuster-harris-abortion.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}