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OnDoutside

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Sat Mar 6, 2021, 07:52 PM Mar 2021

With one Reconciliation Bill left to be used in 2021, it must be changed to HR1/VRA/S1 from the [View all]

Infrastructure Bill.

I say this for a number of reasons :

1 Red States are trying to pass widespread voter suppression laws.

2 If HR1/VRA/S1 is left to next January, I fear (with potential court challenges), there may not be time to properly protect the Nov 2022 Elections, and there is NOTHING more important than that, now that the Rescue Bill is going through.

3 With a 1.9TN Covid package, there is every likelihood that the US Economy will be roaring back by the end of the year, to be the bolstered by an Infrastructure Package in Jan 2022.

4 Once the Voting Rights Bill is passed, I would still introduce the Infrastructure Bill, and now with earmarks back, make it excruciating for any Republican to vote it down. If they don't support it, they will be ads made in heaven.

5 by passing HR1/VRA/S1, and the elections are protected with voter suppression tricks outlawed, Republicans will need a distraction of something like Infrastructure money. To me, this is the proper sequence.

6. I believe Joe Biden when he said he wanted to bring bipartisanship back to Washington, and I believe that's why he decided on Covid Rescue followed by Infrastructure, but it surely must be clear to him now that McConnell has no intention of cooperating on anything.

So which do you want to see next ?


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HR1/VRA/S1
12 (92%)
Infrastructure Bill
1 (8%)
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Can they definitely use reconciliation for voting rights? meadowlander Mar 2021 #1
I'm going only on what Norm Ornstein said, to Al Franken. Maybe I took it up incorrectly but OnDoutside Mar 2021 #10
Why don't they COMBINE the Infrustructer and Voter Bights bill into ONE. Trueblue1968 Mar 2021 #14
If everyone can't vote, FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #2
Yes. Voting rights and suppression are the entire BALLGAME. Funtatlaguy Mar 2021 #12
Will HR1/VRA/S1 be eligible for reconciliation? NT AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2021 #3
Voting rights won't qualify for reconciliation, otherwise I would agree. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 2021 #4
Infrastructure can be put into appropriations Bettie Mar 2021 #5
+1,000,000!!! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #7
"HR1 is probably THE single most important piece of legislation we have." crickets Mar 2021 #17
I'll say infrastructure - since it can't be used for the other FBaggins Mar 2021 #6
I don't see voting rights qualifying for reconciliation. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #8
It is unimaginable that HR1 would qualify for reconciliation dsc Mar 2021 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author brush Mar 2021 #11
Thre are only 3 types of bills that can be done by reconciliation BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #13
Two things on that. OnDoutside Mar 2021 #15
If they can shoe-horn it into one of the categories BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #16
Yes it certainly looks like it, and he's covering the bases that a Red state Dem would OnDoutside Mar 2021 #18
I mentioned in another thread about this dynamic-- BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #19
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