The forthcoming end to Roe v. Wade could also mean the end to the Republican Party’s internal hierarchy that enables the money wing to get what it wants, while the social conservatives have to wait their turn. jonathanchait writes
The repercussions of the forthcoming end to Roe v. Wade are only beginning to come into view. One of those may be to force an end to the Senate filibuster. It could also put an end to the Republican Party’s internal hierarchy that has always enabled the money wing to get what it wants, while the social conservatives have to wait their turn.
Mitch McConnell swears up and down that he will preserve what is left of the filibuster, even if his party regains power, and even if it prevents him from passing a national abortion ban. “I will never — never — support smashing the legislative filibuster on this issue or any other,” he promised on Monday.
The Senate’s current rules are tailored almost perfectly to McConnell’s needs. First, the things McConnell most wants to pass can pass with 50 votes: tax cuts and spending cuts, both of which can pass through budget reconciliation rules, and confirming judges. The party’s reluctance to pass a national abortion ban has been glaringly evident from the moment news broke that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe. The Republican obsession first with the mechanics of the leak, and then with the protests against the ruling, represent nothing so much as fanatic message discipline in service of a shared goal of keeping an abortion ban off the table.
McConnell isn’t going to want to do that. McConnell, like most of his party’s leadership, cares deeply about protecting the economic interests of the affluent. He is even willing to expose his members to unpopular votes in order to advance that cause. He does not want to expose them to unpopular votes on behalf of the social conservative agenda.
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