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   Up yours, Obama.  You lying Marxist piece of crap.   
      
   Good for you, Senator Sinema.  Well done.   
      
   WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema rejected   
   President Joe Biden's plea to jettison the Senate's filibuster rule   
   to allow Democrats to pass a voting-rights bill, all but ensuring   
   the bill's failure.   
      
   Sinema called the measure a critical tool to tamp down the nation's   
   deepening political divisions, while fellow centrist Democratic   
   Senator Joe Manchin said removing the guardrail would allow simple   
   majorities to ram through extreme legislation.   
      
   Sinema took to the Senate floor to reiterate her opposition shortly   
   before Biden met with fellow Democrats in the Senate to urge them to   
   unite around the idea and pass a law he said was critical to   
   offsetting a wave of new restrictions on ballot access passed in   
   Republican-led states.   
      
   She blasted the wave of new laws restricting ballot access in   
   Republican-led states as undemocratic, but said she would not agree   
   to change the Senate's rules to pass a federal law countering them.   
      
   "I will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying   
   disease of division in our country," Sinema said. "Some have given   
   up on the goal of easing our divisions and uniting Americans. I have   
   not."   
      
   After the meeting, Biden acknowledged that the bill might not   
   succeed due to the pair's opposition to the rule change. read more   
      
   Manchin later reiterated his opposition to the move, saying, "Ending   
   the filibuster would be the easy way out."   
      
   The chamber's 50 Republicans are united in opposition to the   
   voting-rights reform bill, which they dismiss as a partisan power   
   grab. Democrats need all 50 of their votes in the upper chamber to   
   agree to change the filibuster.   
      
   Sinema said that previous changes to the filibuster proved to be   
   mistakes.   
      
   "These shortsighted actions by both parties have led to our current   
   American judiciary and Supreme Court, which as I stand here today is   
   considering questions regarding fundamental rights Americans have   
   enjoyed for decades," Sinema said.   
      
   Democrats in 2013 eliminated the 60-vote threshold for most   
   administration nominees, and Republicans followed up in 2017 and did   
   the same thing for Supreme Court nominees. That cleared the way for   
   Republican President Donald Trump to name three conservatives to the   
   court in his four years in office, establishing a 6-3 majority.   
      
   Sinema's speech was attended by more Republican senators than those   
   of her own party.   
      
   Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who was present on the floor   
   for her speech, told reporters afterwards that it was   
   "extraordinarily important" and said that Sinema's "act of political   
   courage" had "saved the Senate as an institution."   
      
   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senator-sinema-defends-   
   filibuster-despite-bidens-plea-reform-it-2022-01-13/   
      
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