Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is now turning up the heat to pass legislation. The top Democrat earlier this week said he will force a vote on amending the Senate’s rules by Jan. 17. President Biden also said he supports an exception to the filibuster.

On 1/4/2022, Senate Republican leaders held a press conference in response to threats by Senate Democrats to potentially blow up the filibuster.

In 2005, Mr. Schumer claimed that eliminating the filibuster would turn the country “into a banana republic, where if you don’t get your way, you change the rules. Are we gonna let them? It will be doomsday for democracy if we do.” In 2017, Mr. Schumer said if you can’t get 60 votes “you shouldn’t change the rules.”

Fortunately, there are some Democrats, such as Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona who have stated their support for continuing the 60-vote requirement.

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