By Adam Pack
Fox News
Published March 15, 2026 8:00am EDT
参议员约翰·科宁放弃废除参议院阻挠议事规则的立场，引发部分60票规则支持者的强烈反对。其中一位主要支持者、西弗吉尼亚州前参议员乔·曼钦指责这位德克萨斯州共和党人出于政治私利背弃了长期持有的立场。
“当我还是美国参议员时，没有人比约翰·科宁参议员更致力于保留阻挠议事规则了，”曼钦周四在一篇措辞严厉的社交媒体帖子中写道。”他理解我从前政党那里承受的巨大政治压力，他们要求我废除阻挠议事规则，让民主党完全掌权——当时，他明白为什么两党都不应该将我们的国家推向万劫不复的境地。”
“这些将政党权力凌驾于一切之上的极端选举年政治，正是美国人厌倦民主党和共和党两党制的原因，”曼钦补充道。
科宁正陷入一场激烈的竞选以争取第五个参议院任期，他周三在一篇评论文章中呼吁共和党人考虑废除阻挠议事规则，以通过一项特朗普支持的选举法案。该法案被称为《保障美国选民资格》（Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility），简称SAVE法案，由于预计会遭到民主党一致反对，在参议院面临艰难的推进。根据参议院规则，大多数立法需要达到60票的门槛才能结束辩论并进入最终通过阶段。
图片44：前西弗吉尼亚州参议员乔·曼钦和德克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁的分屏照片。
前参议员乔·曼钦（I-W.Va.）周四严厉批评了德克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁在参议院阻挠议事规则上的立场转变。(Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images; Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
这篇社论是这位德克萨斯州共和党人立场的显著转变，他此前一直为阻挠议事规则的价值进行辩护。
“多年来，我认为如果美国参议院废除阻挠议事规则，德克萨斯州和我们的国家将失去更多而非获得更多，”科宁写道。”但当现实情况发生变化时，领导人必须反思并适应。”
科宁目前正与德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（R-Texas）展开两人角逐，而总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持可能会成为决定性因素。总统多次呼吁参议院共和党人废除60票的要求，或采取罕见的冗长辩论阻挠，以将《SAVE美国法案》送到他的办公桌前。帕克斯顿此前曾公开支持废除参议院阻挠议事规则。
科宁正在与德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿展开两人角逐的初选。(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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曼钦是前民主党人，现为独立人士，2024年他放弃了竞选连任。他声称，在他挫败了民主党试图在拜登任内废除60票规则的图谋后，科宁曾亲自联系过他。
2022年初，曼钦与前参议员、亚利桑那州独立人士科尔斯滕·西内马以及共和党人一道，投下了关键一票，否决了民主党领导的废除阻挠议事规则并通过所谓投票权立法的努力。
“看到科宁参议员现在愿意废除他曾经称赞并亲自感谢我维护的规则，我深感失望，”曼钦写道。
当时，科宁敦促民主党保留阻挠议事规则，而共和党处于少数党地位。
“权力是短暂的，总有一天情况会反转，”科宁在一次全院演讲中表示。”自由派活动家今天可能喜欢废除阻挠议事规则的想法，但他们很快就会后悔自己的政党破坏了参议院。”
科宁否认他在参议院阻挠议事规则上的立场转变是为了赢得特朗普的支持，他周四反驳了曼钦的说法。
“民主党中没有乔·曼钦这样的人，也没有科尔斯滕·西内马这样的人……这是完全不同的情况，面对的是那些不会谈判或考虑特朗普总统或共和党人诉求的民主党人，”这位德克萨斯州共和党人告诉记者。”我们要么接受，要么反击，我认为我们应该反击。”
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（R-S.D.）面临来自特朗普和保守派活动家的巨大压力，要求通过《SAVE美国法案》，他周三表示，无论科宁如何请求，阻挠议事规则都将继续存在。
“科宁参议员是53名共和党参议员之一，在我们的党团中，反对废除阻挠议事规则的情绪非常、非常强烈，”图恩告诉记者。
国会共和党人、唐纳德·特朗普总统和共和党基础希望将选民ID写入法律，但有一个障碍：参议院的政治现实。(Leon Neal/Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
曼钦在退休后继续赞扬阻挠议事规则，他认为60票的门槛可以防止多数党在没有反对党支持的情况下推行大规模变革。共和党人经常赞扬阻挠议事规则，认为它挫败了拜登任内民主党议员将华盛顿特区变为州或重组最高法院并任命左翼法官的野心。
“阻挠议事规则——参议院的灵魂——近250年来一直保留着参议院的角色，作为一个冷却激情、保护少数群体声音并要求共识的机构，”曼钦表示。”美国是建立在旨在抵制政治便利而非屈服于它的机构之上的。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系科宁办公室寻求置评。
Former Sen Joe Manchin says Sen John Cornyn personally thanked him for defending 60-vote rule under Biden
By Adam Pack
Fox News
Published March 15, 2026 8:00am EDT
Sen. John Cornyn’s reversal on scrapping the Senate filibuster is sparking backlash among some supporters of the 60-vote rule, with one leading proponent, former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., accusing the Texas Republican of ditching his long-standing position for political expediency.
“When I was a U.S. Senator, there was not another person more committed to keeping the filibuster than Senator John Cornyn,” Manchin wrote in a scathing social media post Thursday. “He understood the incredible political pressure I faced from my former party to get rid of the filibuster and give Democrats complete power — and at the time, he understood why neither party should take our country past this point of no return.”
“These extreme election-year politics that put party power over everything else are why Americans are sick and tired of the duopoly of the two-party system of Democrats and Republicans,” Manchin added.
Cornyn, who is locked in a heated run-off election to win a fifth Senate term, called on Republicans in an op-ed Wednesday to consider ditching the filibuster Wednesday to pass a Trump-backed election bill. The measure, known as the (Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility) SAVE Act, is facing an uphill battle in the Senate due to expected unanimous opposition from Democrats. Under Senate rules, most legislation is subject to a 60-vote threshold to cut off debate and move on to final passage.
Former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., sharply criticized Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, over his reversal on the Senate filibuster Thursday.(Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images; Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
The editorial was a notable shift for the Texas Republican, who previously defended the merits of the filibuster.
“For many years, I believed that if the U.S. Senate scrapped the filibuster, Texas and our nation would stand to lose more than we would gain,” Cornyn wrote. “But when the reality on the ground changes, leaders must take stock and adapt.”
Cornyn is currently vying in a two-man race against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, R-Texas, and President Donald Trump’s endorsement could prove decisive. The president has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to abolish the 60-vote requirement or pursue a rarely-tried talking filibuster and send the SAVE America Act to his desk. Paxton had previously come out in support of ending the Senate filibuster.
Image 45: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tx., walks in the U.S. Capitol.
Cornyn is running in a two-man primary race against state Attorney General Ken Paxton.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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Manchin, a former Democrat-turned-Independent who passed on running for re-election in 2024, alleged that Cornyn personally reached out to him after he defeated Democrats’ gambit to nix the 60-vote rule under former President Joe Biden.
In early 2022, Manchin supplied the critical vote alongside former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Republicans to tank a Democratic-led effort to abolish the filibuster and pass so-called voting rights legislation.
“It’s deeply disappointing to see that Senator Cornyn is now willing to scrap the very rule he once praised and personally thanked me for defending,” Manchin wrote.
At that time, Cornyn urged Democrats to preserve the filibuster while Republicans were serving in the minority.
“Power is fleeting and at some point the shoe will always be on the other foot,” Cornyn said in a floor speech. “Liberal activists may like the idea of nuking the filibuster today, but they’ll soon find themselves ruing the day their party broke the Senate.”
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Cornyn, who has denied that his flip-flop on the Senate filibuster was aimed at winning Trump’s endorsement, objected to Manchin’s account Thursday.
“There’s no Joe Manchins left in the Democratic Party and no Kyrsten Sinemas… this is an entirely different circumstance, dealing with Democrats who will not negotiate or consider anything that President Trump or Republicans want,” the Texas Republican told reporters. “We can either accept that or we can fight back, and I think we should fight back.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who has come under significant pressure from Trump and conservative activists to pass the SAVE America Act, indicated Wednesday that the filibuster is here to stay regardless of Cornyn’s pleas.
“Senator Cornyn is one of 53 Republican senators, and the opposition to nuking the filibuster runs very, very deep in our conference,” Thune told reporters.
Image 48: A side by side of John Thune and Donald Trump.
Congressional Republicans, President Donald Trump and the GOP base want voter ID turned into law, but one barrier stands in the way: the political reality of the Senate.(Leon Neal/Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Manchin has continued to sing the filibuster’s praises in his retirement, arguing that the 60-vote threshold prevents the majority party from imposing sweeping change without buy-in from the opposing side. Republicans frequently praised the filibuster for thwarting Democratic lawmakers’ ambitions to make Washington, D.C., a state orrestructure the Supreme Court with left-wing justicesduring Biden’s term.
“The filibuster — the soul of the Senate — has preserved the Senate’s role for nearly 250 years as the institution that cools passions, protects minority voices, and demands consensus,” Manchin said. “America was built on institutions designed to resist political convenience, not surrender to it.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Cornyn’s office for comment.
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