Today, we're going to talk about McConnell's efforts already to block Democrats from taking

power in the Senate, and almost impossibly humiliating misstep by Ted Cruz, and my interview

with former Obama speechwriter and host of Potsayv America, John Favreau, where we talk

about our options to deal with McConnell's power grab, whether OAN and Newsmax should

get credentials during the Biden era and much more.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

Well, it is the first week of Biden's administration, and just like the Republicans promised during

their relentless calls for unity, they've decided to come together with the Democrats

so they could help Joe Biden govern the count just kidding.

They are relentlessly obstructing every single facet of Democrats' ability to get anything

done.

Seriously, already there's obstruction from Mitch McConnell on a power sharing agreement,

that's intended to just start the work of the Senate.

They're obstructing the part that comes before they can even really start obstructing.

Just to give a quick explanation, Schumer and McConnell have been negotiating a power sharing

agreement, an organizing resolution, and until it's passed, Democrats can't officially

take control of the Senate.

But McConnell's stalling on passing it until he gets an assurance that the filibuster

will stay intact, meaning that Democrats will need 60 votes to pass all legislation.

Some stuff can be passed through a process called budget reconciliation that requires only

51 votes, but it has to retain to the budget.

So most legislation will need to meet the 60 vote threshold.

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