A Reminder Of What Will Happen When The Filibuster Is Gone
Today Vice President Harris announced that she would support eliminating the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade:
“I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe [v. Wade], and get us back to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom.”
Senate Majority Leader Schumer likewise said eliminating the filibuster is “something our caucus will discuss in the next session of Congress.” Translation: Democrats will nuke the filibuster if they win the White House and have majorities in both houses.
I agree with the Wall Street Journal that once the filibuster is eliminated for abortion, it will be eliminated for all other legislation.
She’s couching this procedural coup as related only to imposing a national abortion law on all 50 states. But anyone paying attention knows that’s a ruse. Once the 60-vote filibuster rule ends for one piece of non-budget legislation, it will end for everything.
Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majorit
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