Cloture Failed: Post-Mortem on the Clarity Act Vote That Wasn't | Ep 29⚖️
Good evening revolutionaries— the cloture vote on the Clarity Act failed this afternoon, and Alex, Emily, and Lindsay run the post-mortem. Opening beat: Mitch McConnell's on-floor rigor-tortoise moment ('the funniest people on Earth don't get Netflix specials, they leave TikTok comments'). Substance: cloture only closed the door on this specific procedural motion — it doesn't kill the bill, and any senator who voted no can reintroduce it tomorrow if they want. The prevailing on-the-Hill sentiment was 'thank God that's over, can we do something that matters now.' Emily's read: less than 4% of…
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