McConnell has promised a scorched earth response if schumer actually does try to ram this through. The way the senate runs, it's very much determined by negotiations between the majority and minority parties about how long things take. And i imagine republicans don't like the idea of jobyden doing this right now to get through his voting reforms. But you see that this would just be a spiraling titfer tat kind of showdown going forward if this did happen.
President Joe Biden wants to change how the Senate works to pass voting reforms. Sen. Mitch McConnell is threatening hell if it happens.
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