It was reported by Kyle Becker of TrendingPolitics that Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) has been a constant thorn in the side of progressive Democrats since being first elected to the Senate in 2018. As an openly LGBTQ+ woman, you would think that would stop the Democrats’ furious criticism of the Arizona senator.
Alas, they are every bit as angry at Sinema as any Trump voter has been at any Democratic senator — maybe even more so. That is because Sinema has joined with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) to form a tiny “moderate bloc” in the Democratic Party that represents an impediment to the left’s dreams of ramming through socialist packages like “Build Back More Communist” and the “For the Democrats” voting bill. (I took the liberty of renaming the bills more accurately.)
On Wednesday, Sinema made it known that she is still not on board with changing the Senate rules to require a simple majority. This would allow the 50-50-Senate-plus-Kamala to force through any bills the Democrats see fit, even through the dubious process known as “reconciliation.”
Axios reports that Kyrsten Sinema has joined Joe Manchin in rejecting Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) latest attempt to blow up the Senate:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), also a key holdout to major filibuster reform, reiterated during the Democratic lunch she will not support any effort to get rid of the 60-vote threshold, according to two sources familiar with the call.
Sinema has been having one-on-one talks with her colleagues for weeks, one of the sources said.
On Tuesday, Senator Joe Manchin used thinly veiled language to indicate that he also wants to kibosh progressives’ dreams of a filibuster-less, Democrat-dominated Senate.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) told reporters on Tuesday that backing any of the Democrats’ planned changes to the Senate filibuster would be “very difficult.”
Manchin was asked by Politico congressional reporter Burgess Everett in the halls of Congress about whether he opposes changing the Senate filibuster rules or invoking the “nuclear option” to remove it.
Wow, a ‘rat that’s not a “follower” with some brains. I thought those were extinct.