U.S. Politics

[CatoTheElder]

Both sides got greedy and fucked themselves over.  Pigs get slaughtered.

Commie.

[bojanglesman]

Funny how people are talking about sedition, like anyone in Congress would ever get convicted of that.  Similar with the Hatch Act.  No one has the nutsack to enforce sedition laws in modern America.  If it hasn't come into play this year, it never will. 

Hatch Act is pointless because it has no teeth.  It's like a warning for a speeding ticket.

[Badger]

The day began with Sen. Bernie Sanders following through on his promise to deny unanimous consent for the Senate to advance a $740 billion defense authorization bill, until Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell allows an up-or-down vote on legislation that would send $2,000 survival checks to individuals making less than $75,000 and couples making less than $150,000. 

Sanders’ move forced McConnell to ask the Senate to pass a formal motion to proceed on the defense bill, which would let Republicans move forward on the Pentagon priority without a vote on the $2,000 checks. The motion created the moment in which Democrats could have stood their ground and cornered the GOP leader.

Instead, as Republicans saber rattled about the need to pass the defense bill, 41 Democrats obediently voted with McConnell, allowing him to move the defense bill forward without a vote on the checks. That included “yes” votes from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and vice-president elect Kamala Harris, the lead sponsor on a bill to give Americans monthly $2,000 checks during the pandemic. One day before her vote to help McConnell, Harris had called on the Republican leader to hold a vote on her legislation. 

Only six members of the Senate Democratic Caucus mustered the courage to vote against McConnell’s maneuver — Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey and Ron Wyden. Democratic senators in fact provided the majority of the votes for the measure that lets the defense bill proceed without a vote on the $2,000 checks.

It was called a motion to proceed, but it really was a motion demanding Democrats concede — and they instantly obliged.

It Didn’t Have To Go This Way

Had most Senate Democrats voted against that motion, they might have had a chance to deny McConnell and stall the process — after all, five Republicans also voted against the measure, including Missouri’s Josh Hawley, who has pushed the survival checks with Sanders. 

-Sirota

[Badger]

Perdue and Loeffler did not vote on the motion, getting off the hook for now, so far it appears they'll be able to feign support for the $2K without having to actually put their name to it.

There's still some leverage to force a vote but much less now.

[AlioTheFool]

Bunch of cunts.

[SixFeetDeep]

Bunch of cunts.

[bojanglesman]

This country is a dumpster fire right now. Slowest 3 weeks ever.

[Badger]

Mask nazis!

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1345782585927098370?s=19

[CatoTheElder]

Gohmert referred to the Court dismissing his lawsuit as a call to violence.

[IATA]

https://twitter.com/keithedwards/status/1345796238722129923

WaPo released audio of Trump trying to blackmail Georgias SoS to overturn the results

“It’s gonna be costly to you.”

is it donald? is it?

[CatoTheElder]

Full phone call between Trump and Georgia election officials.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-transcript-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/2768e0cc-4ddd-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

[bojanglesman]

Full phone call between Trump and Georgia election officials.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-transcript-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/2768e0cc-4ddd-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

Is this one different than the one above?

[CatoTheElder]

Is this one different than the one above?

It includes the other 58 minutes.

[bojanglesman]

It includes the other 58 minutes.

Ahh ok

[SixFeetDeep]

Pelosis funbags re-elected to Titty of the house