Democrats Face Vote-a-Rama Drubbing

“The self-inflicted suffering has begun for Senate Democrats trying to muscle through President Joe Biden’s pandemic aid plan without a single Republican vote,” Politico reports.

“The procedural trick that shrinks the vote hurdle from 60 to 51 is often described as ‘a powerful budget tool.’ But reconciliation is also painful to wield. The first agonizing step: enduring a barrage of amendments from Republicans, who have promised to inflict maximal political pain on Democrats during an unbridled evening of ‘vote-a-rama’ on Thursday.”