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Analysis | Power Up: Only roughly a fifth of Senate Democrats are committed to totally scrapping the filibuster

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This article was published more than&nbsp;1 year agoCommentGift Sharewith Tobi RajiGood Wednesday morning. Happy St. Patrick's Day 🌈🍺🇮🇪 Tips, comments, shamrocks? Reach out and sign up Thanks for waking up with us.&nbsp;TO KILL A FILIBUSTER: President Biden said for the first time yesterday he supports overhauling the filibuster. He told he wants to bring back the talking filibuster, which would force opposing senators to talk on the floor to hold up a bill.&nbsp;But despite loud calls from progressives to end the procedural maneuver they see as preventing major political change, a Power Up review of Democratic senators revealed ending it only has the clear support of roughly 20 percent of the caucus.The wind, though, may be shifting as Biden's comments indicated. Some Democrats, like Sen. Joe Manchin III (W.Va.), who firmly rejects ending the filibuster, say they could see making its use by forcing senators to endlessly stall a bill by talking on the floor. Right now, a simple signal of objection can derail legislation.AdvertisementContext: Major bills and Democratic priorities passed by the House are already piling up in the Senate as Democrats have little shot at winning at least 10 GOP votes to send the legislation to Biden's desk. Progressives and liberal activists who have long advocated for abolishing the filibuster are as frustrated as ever.Much of the conversation has centered on opposition to removing the filibuster from Democrats Manchin Charles E. SchumerAdvertisementThe wait-and-see camp based on Republican behavior:HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Biden and Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin will attend the annual “Friends of Ireland” luncheon today. This year’s celebration will be held virtually.The "Friends of Ireland" luncheon every March 17 at the Capitol with plates of corned beef &amp; cabbage/pints of Guinness and the Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) is a Capitol Hill tradition. But it will be virtual tomorrow w/Pelosi, President Biden &amp; Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram)The luck of the Irish president. “Throughout his political career, Biden has been open about his Irish roots and ancestry, which trace all the way back to the Great Famine,” . Here are four times Biden has spoken about his Irish heritage:THE RETURN OF MEDICARE-FOR-ALL:&nbsp;“House Democrats on Wednesday will renew their effort to enact Medicare-for-all, arguing the year-long pandemic was a ‘wake-up call’ to replace the nation’s fragmented health insurance system — and betting they can pressure President Biden to embrace a government-run program that he famously rejected,” .&nbsp;AdvertisementMeanwhile,&nbsp;former president Donald Trump told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo Tuesday he “does ‘recommend’ that Americans get vaccinated, touting the ‘great vaccine’ as ‘something that works,’” .&nbsp;BIDEN TO MIGRANTS: In the same Stephanopoulos interview, Biden tried to quell the increasingly tense situation at the Southern border by telling migrants, “Don't come over,” per .EXCLUSIVE: presses Pres. Biden on the border crisis."Do you have to say quite clearly, 'Don't come'?Biden: "Yes, I can say quite clearly: Don't come over...Don’t leave your town or city or community." — ABC News (@ABC)FYI: Migrants aren't overrunning U.S. border towns, despite the political rhetoric, .&nbsp;VICTORY WEEK: “The Biden administration [has] launched a nationwide effort to sell the administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package — a push that will take Biden, Vice President Harris and their spouses to seven states that Biden won in 2020,” .AdvertisementThe Democratic National Committee is also running this ad in battleground states:&nbsp;NEW AD: Help is here: direct payments of up to $1,400, vaccine distribution, and more.No thanks to Republicans who opposed it. — DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom)NEW — 8 DEAD IN GEORGIA MASSAGE PARLOR SHOOTINGS:&nbsp;“Atlanta police said they found four women — who all appeared to be Asian — dead inside two massage parlors across the street from each other. Another four people, including two Asian women, were killed and one more injured at an Asian massage parlor in nearby Cherokee County,” .My heart goes out to the families of the victims of another mass shooting. Many of the victims are Asian. These murders occurred at a time when anti-Asian violence has been spiking. All officials should do their part to condemn violence and not inflame further discrimination. — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu)BIDEN SPEAKS OUT ABOUT CUOMO: Biden called on embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) toclaims he committed sexual harassment," "I know you said you want the investigation to continue," Stephanopoulos told Biden, referring to a probe by New York's attorney general into allegations Cuomo had sexually harassed several women. "If the investigation confirms the claims of the women, should he resign?"AdvertisementMeanwhile, Cuomo’s administration tried to tarnish the credibility of Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to publicly accuse the governor of sexual harassment, report.&nbsp;And Charlotte Bennett’s attorney says there are more accusers: “There are more women with sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York who have not come forward publicly, an attorney for one of his accusers said on Tuesday,” Politico's Benjamin Din CommentsGift ArticleTOP STORIESThe BriefingDon’t miss reporting and analysis from the Hill and the White House.Try a different topic or to save your preferences

This article was published more than&nbsp;1 year agoCommentGift Sharewith Tobi RajiGood Wednesday morning. Happy St. Patrick's Day 🌈🍺🇮🇪 Tips, comments, shamrocks? Reach out and sign up Thanks for waking up with us.&nbsp;TO KILL A FILIBUSTER: President Biden said for the first time yesterday he supports overhauling the filibuster. He told he wants to bring back the talking filibuster, which would force opposing senators to talk on the floor to hold up a bill.&nbsp;But despite loud calls from progressives to end the procedural maneuver they see as preventing major political change, a Power Up...

Analysis | Power Up: Only roughly a fifth of Senate Democrats are committed to totally scrapping the filibuster

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