GOP plan to filibuster January 6 commission doesn't sway Manchin on changing Senate rules
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Sen. Joe Manchin implored GOP senators to get behind a bill to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack, but he bluntly said he wouldn't support any effort to gut the filibuster if Republicans succeed in blocking the measure.
Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat and crucial swing vote in the 50-50 Senate, has long said that he would not torpedo the Senate's rule to require 60 votes to overcome a legislative filibuster, something he believes is designed to force consensus in the polarized body. But with Republicans now poised to make their first successful legislative filibuster against a bill setting up a commission, Democrats want to ramp up pressure on Manchin to change course and support the so-called nuclear option that would allow them to change the filibuster rule by a simple majority vote.More Related News