Feinstein Staff Didn't Pledge End to Filibuster, Hillcrest Dems Now Say

[FBaggins]

A day after saying that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s staff had assured him and fellow San Diego Democrats that she was working on a “carve-out” or “similar mechanism” to end the filibuster of voting rights bills, a member of Hillcrest Indivisible took it back.

Indivisible activist John Mattes said Friday: “I am sorry if I misspoke re the senator’s staff articulating a solution re the filibuster.”

Mattes’ goal: finding a way to neuter U.S. Senate rules that force nonbudgetary measures to win 60 votes for passage — rather than 50 plus the vice president’s tie-breaker. A carve-out would end filibusters in certain cases.

Feinstein’s office never said how they would accomplish passage of a pair of voting rights bills, he said. “They only said they support passage,” Mattes said of a face-to-face meeting with Feinstein San Diego district director* Bill Kratz. “How … they do that I do not know.”

https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/07/15/feinstein-staff-didnt-pledge-end-to-filibuster-hillcrest-dems-now-say/

[Sneederbunk]

1. Have always said there are other Dem senators hiding behind Manchin and Sinema.

[Salviati]

2. OTOH, if Manchin and Sinema fall...

... they will too. If they aren't willing to come out from behind Manchin and Sinema's cover now, they aren't going to want to face the spotlight alone.

[uponit7771]

4. +1, Moscow Mitch as soon as he gets back into office, "..our carve out on voting isn't exactly ...

... like the democrats our carve out is to keep voting from those nig ... uh to keep voting integrity high"

Then the US will be Texas for a couple of generations; voter suppressed and 100% crazy

[FBaggins]

5. Except Manchin and Sinema know that they aren't alone

They know that they're taking the heat for others and aren't actually the only ones holding up the filibuster.

[Salviati]

6. This is also true

[uponit7771]

3. yep