(#4524) Big week ahead for legislation in the senate

      If you wanted to watch the senate this week on C-span2 it may be worth it. Not for the outcome because the republicans in the senate are absolutely going to vote against all legislation that President Biden hopes to get to his desk for his signature. But the revealing part of that voting down process is that Joe Manchin will get to see right in his face just how insincere his friends on the republican side are. He will have to come to the realization where all the rest of us are that the republican party is building it's next election platform on blocking any and all that democrats propose for the betterment of the working middle poor class and our planet.
     But all the action isn't solely in the senate as behind the scenes work is being done to align the house bills with what will come out of the senate after reconciliation is finally invoked. This week is the week for refining legislative product and it is going to be a bit confusing. But when the final product is agreed upon we will know whether the senate will pass it either with reconciliation or if Joe Manchin et al. will finally relent and give some carveout space for other legislation not in compliance with existing reconciliation rules. More clarity will begin to form and the fog of uncertainty will start to clear.
     I find comfort in the fact that it is still June and we are almost at the point of deciding whether Joe Biden and his vision for America will prevail or if the obstructionist republican party will once again nullify a democratic majority who has a mandate to reimagine existing processes and create new paradigms that reflect a modern and thoughtful society. We are at a tipping point with what Covid-19 made us aware and if we democrats don't step up and push our nation to a track that has climate and equity at it's core then the hopeful opportunity for our future becomes grim and unlikely. This week will give us a glimpse as to who will triumph, we the people, or the hateful selfish bastards!