Benjamin Frank
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« on: December 03, 2022, 08:23:00 AM » |
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« edited: December 03, 2022, 08:26:34 AM by Benjamin Frank »
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The inablility to get paid sick leave is entirely the fault of the Republicans and Joe Manchin.
Contrary to what many people seem to believe here, it is not the historical norm that everything possible is subject to the filibuster and that everything possible needs 60 votes to pass the Senate.
This only became the norm starting just before the 1994 midterms when then Senate Minority leader Bob Dole announced a general filibuster on all Democratic/President Bill Clinton's legislation.
If the Republicans wanted paid sick leave, they could have agreed to a normal up and down vote.
It's very likely that the 6 Republicans who voted in favor of paid sick leave would not have done so had there been an up and down vote. Most likely they were just trolling the Democrats or pretending to suddenly be for workers.
The only Democrat who voted against this, in contrast, was Senator Manchin.
I don't know who the five who didn't vote were, but it's ridiculous that all but one Democrat votes against this, and all but 6 Republicans vote against it and suddenly you have some obviously very stupid/innumerate people claiming 'the Republicans are now the party of workers.'
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