The Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, accepted this Monday to reach an agreement with the Democrats, which would increase the mayoralty in the Chamber of Deputies, in order to establish standards of organization that would allow the legislative work to be blocked by the party en riesgo las primeras medidas del nuevo presidente, Joe Biden.
The production is about a mechanism of the Congo known as “filibusterism” (filibuster, in English), which establishes that part of the main standards deban approve with a majority of at least 60 senators, which allows the minority party to block.
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Currently, both formations have 50 senators, but the mayor is very much in control of Democrats, thanks to the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris is running for president and guaranteeing a quality vote. However, there is a very adjusted majority, which does not allow the 60 necessary votes in important decisions.
McConnell negotiate in principle to negotiate any organizational support of the work of Senado if the democrats do not compromise antes by writing to maintain the mechanism of filibusterism.
Chuck Schumer, leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, and other members of his party demonstrate that you are against accepting this condition, it is considered that space is significant and that part of Biden’s plans are blocked by the failure of sufficient votes.
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This blockade situation has led to the recent renovation of Senate committees overseen by Republicans, which the mayor has denied losing its key elections in Georgia on the basis of this month.
Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman, considered a moderate and favorable bipartisan profiler, aseguró este lunes que no buscaría la reelección en 2022 at the end of his term, mentioning the climate of political blockade in the Capitol as one of the reasons, why, in his opinion, impede “progress”.
But, on the same day, Democratic senators — Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Krysten Cinema of Arizona — explicitly state that establishing and contra eliminating the mechanism of filibusterism.
Para McConnell, senator through Kentucky, is a representative of the guarantee sufficient for the departure of su bloqueo institucional.
“How many Democrat senators have publicly confirmed that they will not vote to end legislative filibusterism,” he said, “agree with the president’s opinion and say that no majority in the Senate should destroy the right of minor futures ayudar a dar forma a la legislación ”.
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“With these guarantees, we hope to continue with a joint agreement,” he concluded. what to see and confirm this intention and will allow the renovation of important Senate committees.
Democrats demonstrate satisfaction with McConnell’s slogans. “” We are pleased to announce that he has released the issue and is abandoning his demand, “said a spokesman for Schumer, a New York senator, on Monday night, according to NBC News.
With information from NBC News, AP, The Washington Post and The New York Times.