Warren: Democrats ‘will suspend the filibuster’ to codify Roe v. Wade
Warren: Democrats ‘will suspend the filibuster’ to codify Roe v. Wade
Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced Wednesday that there are currently enough votes in the Senate to suspend the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade and abortion rights if Democrats win control of the House and keep the Senate and White House.
“We will suspend the filibuster. We have the votes for that on Roe v. Wade,” Warren said on ABC’s “The View.”
She said if Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress in 2025, “the first vote Democrats will take in the Senate, the first substantive vote, will be to make Roe v. Wade law of the land again in America.”
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Can we just get rid of the fucking Lazy Filibuster, already? After all we know these geriatrics don't have the capacity to stand for hours and hours on the floor. To merely threaten cloture to filibuster is just dumb.
We almost did, but then Sinema blew it.
TBH I feel like there needs to be a general look at ways to prevent 'spamming' for want of a better word in government. Like the filibuster, and also that thing where after Obamacare was passed and the Republicans tried to repeal it over 70 times in the first few years. I get that situations change and you might need to change a law, but at a certain point you're just being belligerent and wasting everyone's time IMO.
Also it should be illegal to tack on irrelevant laws to popular bills to try and get them passed, but that's a whole other thing.