{"id":2367541,"date":"2024-11-12T05:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T10:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-admits-she-only-wanted-to-nuke-the-filibuster-when-democrats-controlled-the-senate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T05:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T10:08:36","slug":"jayapal-admits-she-only-wanted-to-nuke-the-filibuster-when-democrats-controlled-the-senate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-admits-she-only-wanted-to-nuke-the-filibuster-when-democrats-controlled-the-senate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayapal admits she only wanted to nuke the filibuster when Democrats controlled the Senate &#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\">34<\/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%2Fjayapal-admits-she-only-wanted-to-nuke-the-filibuster-when-democrats-controlled-the-senate-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=2367541&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>Pramila \u2063Jayapal, the Chairwoman of the Progressive House Caucus, acknowledged that\u2064 her\u200c call to \u2063eliminate the\u200c filibuster was motivated \u2062by\u200b partisan interests rather than a consistent \u200bprinciple.\u200c During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-giuliani-sues-joe-biden-over-russian-pawn-slander\/\" title=\"Rudy Giuliani sues Joe Biden for defamation as a &quot;Russian pawn.&quot;\">recent\u200c press\u2064 conference<\/a>,\u2062 she\u2064 reflected\u200b on her views after \u2062Democrats lost \u2063control of the White House, Senate, \u2063and likely the House. Jayapal expressed that had Democrats maintained their majority, she would have supported abolishing the filibuster to advance key policies\u200d like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unemployment-inflation-and-automation-the-truth-about-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"Unemployment, Inflation, and Automation: The Truth About The  Minimum Wage\">minimum wage increases<\/a> and paid \u200dsick leave. However, she indicated that her stance on the filibuster has changed in light of the\u2064 Democrats&#8217; current predicament.\u200c The filibuster requires 60 votes for most legislation\u200d and has hindered the passage of significant\u2062 reforms,\u200c with\u200d notable opposition from \u2063Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who prefer\u2062 maintaining \u200dthe 60-vote threshold. This has frustrated\u200b Democrats&#8217; efforts\u200b to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">implement extensive social reforms<\/a> \u2064and \u2063institutional changes.  <\/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\">Jayapal admits she only wanted to nuke the filibuster when Democrats controlled the Senate<\/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_1496524\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Progressive House Caucus Chairwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pramila-jayapal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pramila Jayapal\">Pramila Jayapal<\/a> (D-WA) admitted her desire to see senators abolish the filibuster was a partisan hope rather than a strictly principled position.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Speaking at a press conference with the House Progressive Caucus on Monday, Jayapal was asked how she weighed her plans to use the filibuster to protect Democrats&rsquo; policies after her party lost control of the White House, Senate, and likely the House, with her previous advocacy to get rid of it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I think this is where it goes back to before this election, right? If we had had control of the trifecta and got rid of the filibuster to pass minimum wage, to pass paid sick leave, to pass many of these things that are passing abortion access, that are passing on ballot measures that are so popular, those aren&rsquo;t going to the state legislatures either, those are going to the ballot, then I think we would have built some trust with the American people,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s in opposition at all. I think, obviously, would I be, am I championing getting rid of the filibuster now, when the Senate has the trifecta?&rdquo; Jayapal continued. &ldquo;No, but had we had the trifecta, I would have been because we have to show that government can deliver.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been shuffling toward reforming or completely removing the rule in the Senate that, in practice, requires 60 senators to pass most legislation. There are exceptions to the rule, most notably when it comes to approving political appointees such as judges. <\/p>\n<p>However, because of their slim majority in the upper chamber, Democrats were unable to pass sweeping social reform or push through massive institutional changes such as increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. <\/p>\n<p>Attempts to blow up the filibuster to give President Joe Biden the ability to appoint more justices to the high court or to codify abortion protections after the Supreme Court struck down <em>Roe v. Wade <\/em>were thwarted by Sens. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ). Both Democrat-turned-independent senators voted in favor of using reconciliation to push through massive spending plans but balked at calls to erode the rule protecting the minority party from getting trampled by a simple majority in the chamber. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">&ldquo;I have been consistent on the importance of protecting the 60-vote threshold, which we call the filibuster since I arrived at the United States Senate,&rdquo; Manchin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchin.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/manchin-reiterates-commitment-to-protecting-the-filibuster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in Sept<\/span>ember when Vice President Harris voiced support for eliminating the rule. &ldquo;This threshold stabilizes our democracy, promotes bipartisan cooperation, and protects our nation from partisan whiplash and dysfunction. I have always said: &lsquo;if you can&rsquo;t change your mind, you can&rsquo;t change anything&rsquo; and I am hopeful that the Vice President remains open to doing just that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same day Manchin defended the filibuster against Harris&rsquo;s attacks on it, Jayapal <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PramilaJayapal\/status\/1838688862316478634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted<\/a> online that &ldquo;The filibuster was originally created *by mistake* in 1806. Every day we don&rsquo;t abolish it is just as big a mistake.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/jayapal.house.gov\/end-the-filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">section<\/a> on her House website dedicated to eliminating the &ldquo;Jim Crow filibuster.&rdquo;<\/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_1496524\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1496524\"}});<\/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>Jayapal acknowledges her push to end the filibuster was partisan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2367542,"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\/11\/111124_HOUSE_PROGRESSIVES-1-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,10130,13898],"class_list":["post-2367541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-filibuster","tag-jayapal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/111124_HOUSE_PROGRESSIVES-1-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367541","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367541"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367545,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367541\/revisions\/2367545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}