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Would there be estrogen tests for Duke and UNC athletes?
classic rj: unfunny and misogynistic
Can one of the moderates here explain the path to the voting rights bill passage with regard to Manchin?
Some sort of loophole would have to be added into the filibuster.
Some sort of loophole would have to be added into the filibuster.
but he isn't going to let the GOP just use it to indiscriminately block all legislation.
what does this actually mean? is there an explanation of how you could "add loopholes" and "not let the GOP block all legislation" without ending it?
the only thing of substance that I've seen is going back to require people to physically stand and talk -- seems weak; what else fits the "loopholes" criteria?
I've also seen him talk about using budget reconciliation as a moment to pass voting rights legislation, but don't see how that's permissible
all I know is Manchin is on the record as saying he's never going to end the filibuster and I don't see a path forward on HR1 without that happening, unless I'm underestimating the loopholes
That's essentially what we have right now with the state setting their own minimum wages and you don't see that happening.
The minimum wage is already different across states, and shockingly, large business still seem to be able to operate in California.
Brasky speaks very boldly about small business owners and the economics of small businesses for a W-2 Employee paid by Taxpayers.
all of those comments were unfair shots at someone sharing his mother's specific situation; I don't understand claiming to have empathy for people and then calling her a slaveowner
I definitely agree that the national minimum wage is too low at its current level. I don't agree that $15 is the right amount in rural SC, or WV. $15 is definitely too low to provide anything approaching a living wage in the Silicon Valley. And in my opinion, there should be room for reasoned debate on the right level without invoking slavery.
They should pay people a living wage. The Confederacy lost, slavery is over.
They are both wrong... it is on Cal Cunningham.
No act. Bree Newsome is acting like a whiny crybaby with her "Biden should send a goon squad to give Manchin a stern talking to" routine. totally ridiculous and tone death to the current reality. Not to mention that it isn't the president that whips votes in congress anyway.
And I have found that over the years I have agreed with rj on some issues and have disagreed with rj on some issues. I don't base my opinions on what rj's opinions are. I try to arrive at them independently.
That vote is straight horseshit. Dems are going to get annihilated in 2022 and deserve every bit of it.
Roughly:
Chair, I rise to make a point of order that the 60 vote cloture rule does not apply to VRA bill.
Overruled
Chair, I’d like to appeal your ruling
50 Dems plus Harris vote to overrule the chair.
Therefore, debate can be ended by simple majority vote (50 Dems plus Harris again)
50 Dems plus Harris then vote to pass the VRA.
For that to work Manchin has to vote yes, which means he's voting to essentially kill the filibuster, right?
For this specific bill.
For that to work Manchin has to vote yes, which means he's voting to essentially kill the filibuster, right?
Why wouldn't every other non-super Senate majority just use that strategy for every bill moving forward?
Well for one thing you have an entire professional designation of women's sports that accounts for the fact that women and men are physiologically different.
Let’s just drop gender from sports all together and go with measuring pre-competition testosterone levels. It will be like wresting weigh ins for weight class. Athletes will eat tons of tofu in the days before the blood test to try and get there testosterone level down.