The Breitbart News reported on April 30 that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (D-Mich.) said the same day that he “will not be able to support” House legislation to federalize elections and that electoral integrity is necessary.
The 800-page H.R. 1 “For the People Act” passed the House on March 3 on party lines, much to Manchin’s dismay. He said April 27, “How can you allow a voting bill to restructure American elections along partisan lines when we’re in a tense situation? I absolutely believe that’s what’s going to happen, but I’m not going to be a part of it. “
Senate Democrats have now used the budget reconciliation route to get the $1.9 trillion CPC viral bailout law through the Senate using a simple majority; Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill also received special approval from Senate Assemblywoman Elizabeth MacDonough (D-MA) to allow the infrastructure bill to go through the budget reconciliation process and pass the Senate with a simple majority; in addition In addition, Biden said on April 20 that he also intends to use the budget reconciliation route to pass an immigration reform bill. However, it is not yet known whether the “For the People Act” will receive special approval to adopt the budget reconciliation voting process.
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has two roles in blocking the passage of the For the People Act through the Senate, one is to maintain the filibuster, so that the For the People Act must get 60 votes to pass, the result is that the For the People Act can not get out of the Senate; the other role is to not vote in favor of the budget reconciliation process in a simple majority vote, but also to block the passage of the For the People Act.
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