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Progressives form PAC to challenge Manchin, Sinema over filibuster support
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:33 pm
NY Post
A group of prominent progressives has launched a Political Action Committee with the goal of ousting the two Democrats in the Senate who oppose ending the legislative filibuster.
The filibuster is a Senate rule requiring 60 members to end debate on most topics and move forward to a vote.
The Senate is split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, though Vice President Kamala Harris has a tie-breaking vote. Still, 51 votes are not enough under current rules to break through the filibuster.
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Az.) have both publicly pledged that they would maintain their opposition to eliminating the rule, meaning that progressive legislative goals will likely face a tougher fate in the upper house of Congress.
As a result, Saikat Chakrabarti, Corbin Trent and Zack Exley have launched No Excuses PAC, which has already begun searching for candidates to challenge the two incumbent Democrats when they are up for re-election in 2024.
A group of prominent progressives has launched a Political Action Committee with the goal of ousting the two Democrats in the Senate who oppose ending the legislative filibuster.
The filibuster is a Senate rule requiring 60 members to end debate on most topics and move forward to a vote.
The Senate is split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, though Vice President Kamala Harris has a tie-breaking vote. Still, 51 votes are not enough under current rules to break through the filibuster.
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Az.) have both publicly pledged that they would maintain their opposition to eliminating the rule, meaning that progressive legislative goals will likely face a tougher fate in the upper house of Congress.
As a result, Saikat Chakrabarti, Corbin Trent and Zack Exley have launched No Excuses PAC, which has already begun searching for candidates to challenge the two incumbent Democrats when they are up for re-election in 2024.
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Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:34 pm to MrLSU
Yay more money from places not in WV or AZ to decide reps in WV and AZ. The American way!
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:35 pm to MrLSU
Do they really think they could oust Manchin or Sinema with a more liberal candidate? 
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:37 pm to MrLSU
quote:
Saikat Chakrabarti
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:38 pm to MrLSU
I hate money in politics.
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:39 pm to MrLSU
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Corbin Trent is a co-founder of Brand New Congress and a co-director of Justice Democrats, two grassroots organizations working to elect progressive Democrats to Congress — leaders who’ll work for real people and not big money interests. Trent was the National Campaign Coordinator for the Bernie Sanders Campaign, and recently served as the Communications Director for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Campaign for America's Future
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:40 pm to MrLSU
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:41 pm to MrLSU
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As a result, Saikat Chakrabarti, Corbin Trent and Zack Exley have launched No Excuses PAC, which has already begun searching for candidates to challenge the two incumbent Democrats when they are up for re-election in 2024.
Ugly Lefties are very good at teaming up and accomplishing their real goals.
I wonder how they'd fare if they had "real" jobs.
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:44 pm to MrLSU
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Saikat Chakrabarti, Corbin Trent and Zack Exley have launched No Excuses PAC
I’d wager that their lives have more than likely and ironically been a series of one excuse after the other.
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:44 pm to MrLSU
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:44 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:45 pm to jatilen
quote:
Do they really think they could oust Manchin or Sinema with a more liberal candidate?
Manchin, no
Sinema maybe
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:46 pm to MrLSU
I support them in this. It’ll lead to two more R Senators.
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:47 pm to MrLSU
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Progressives form PAC to challenge Manchin,
You've got a Senate level Democrat in ruby red West Virginia but that's not good enough. Do they have real delusions of the people of West Virginia installing a far left AOC approved Senator or is this a signal that they're going to rig another election?
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:47 pm to jatilen
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Do they really think they could oust Manchin or Sinema with a more liberal candidate?
Sinema possibly but they would be handing Manchin's seat over to Republicans.
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:48 pm to Mellow Drama
Science tells me that is not the correct spelling.
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:49 pm to MrLSU
Even tho Sinema is a democrat I would let her do things.
Posted on 2/2/21 at 12:50 pm to MrLSU
Tell em to come on over to our side
Posted on 2/2/21 at 1:28 pm to jatilen
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Do they really think they could oust Manchin or Sinema with a more liberal candidate?
No sweat, there will be unprecedented record # of mail in votes and turn out for them, and it might take 2-3 weeks to count them all.
They'll then parade some guy in front of the cameras and say this man went door to door to get the vote out and fight voter suppression!
Then for good measure toss in: "He did so while braving the predominantly white supremacist neighborhoods, so brave!"
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