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Again from J C
Things are popping faster this month than they did in January. In more last-minute essential news, late yesterday, Representatives Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) told reporters that Senate Majority Leader John Thune will revive the “standing filibuster” to break the silent filibuster and hold a vote on the upgraded SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship and Voter ID for federal elections. It’s the solution we’ve been pushing for!
CLIP: Rep. Luna says ‘we got assurances on the standing filibuster’ (1:04).
https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/2018489835615387665
A standing filibuster forces senators to actually debate on the floor (rather than enjoying an automatic silent filibuster), which would allow the Act’s passage with only 50 votes— assuming Republicans hold together, and Vice-President JD Vance stands by to break any tie.
As a reminder, the silent filibuster is a 70’s-era innovation designed to protect senators from having to listen to their colleagues from across the aisle babble incoherently for hours at the podium in the classic filibuster style, which was once called a “standing filibuster.” The 1972 rule change allowed senators to just say they would filibuster, which automatically tabled the pending vote and required 60 votes to end the “filibuster”—which they dishonestly call “ending debate.” Even though nobody’s actually debating anything.
C&C’s position has been that they don’t need to “nuke” the whole filibuster rule. Just tweak it. Roll back the pre-70s rule change and make senators actually debate. End the automatic “silent” rule. It appears Republicans got the message. They have now discovered a secret weapon against the 60-vote threshold: making senators actually work. A fate worse than popping up in the Epstein files.
In other words, the odds for passing the SAVE Act in time to affect the midterms just shot up on the betting markets. Which means things are about to get lit. The Democrats cannot afford to let the SAVE Act pass, which means they are about to pull out all the stops. My imagination boggles at the ludicrous scenes about to unfold.
Either way, get the microwave ready. It’s popcorn time.
JC is a master newsletter writer for anyone who enjoys a fair reporting of the facts and hypocracy of our political system..he keeps me sane in a libtard world. USA and every country needs a SAVE Act…it’s bad enough when you elect someone that they are corrupt charlatains, but when the process to elect them is the same..what’s the point? Might as well live in anarchy, and the social contract of the Leviathan is DOA.