https://twitter.com/ezralevin/status/1351343198883487744?s=21
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LOL Democrats indeed.
What the flying fuck!
When you have the stick you beat me as hard as possible; when I have the stick I’ll snap it in half to share with you. Thing should go ok that way, right?
Guaranteed perennial losers.
Harry Reid’s former chief of staff:
https://twitter.com/ajentleson/status/1351356969756598273?s=21
https://twitter.com/ajentleson/status/1351361573848309763?s=21
https://twitter.com/ajentleson/status/1351362837873123330?s=21
That’s why McConnell wants to get the filibuster in the organizing resolution. Would think that would be impossible but fear that Feinstein will be the Yin to John McCain’s Yang.
Not sure if anyone else has watched Night Stalker but Feinstein makes an appearance and she wasn’t competent 40 years ago either apparently.
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Stop showing dissent to the Dear Leaders!
Was hoping I’d get to put that one away since trump is gone…
Sorry if this discussed elsewhere, but the power sharing arrangement in the Senate stalled because Rs insist on a “dont change the filibuster” arrangement. Apprantly they can’t come to an agreement tie goes to the last Congress per CNN
The tense standoff over the issue is stalling a power-sharing agreement between the parties in the 50-50 Senate and could impact the confirmation of Biden’s Cabinet nominees. That’s because the Senate operates under the rules of the last Congress – when the GOP controlled the Senate majority and held the committee chairmanships – until a power-sharing deal is agreed.
It’s being discussed in the Biden thread.
Manchin is a no on removing the filibuster. If he’s a hard no, then it costs nothing to agree on not removing the filibuster as part of the organizing resolution because it’s not happening in the next two years anyways and Schumer should be willing to trade that for something meaningful. That he doesn’t appear to be willing to do so suggests that Manchin may be willing to change his vote on the filibuster if Republicans behave badly enough. Being able to credibly threaten to do so is a key piece of leverage for him as it forces Republicans to consider what will piss him off enough.
If it were possible, I would look for a way to trade protecting the filibuster in exchange for letting a certain number of bills through for a floor vote–COVID funding, stimulus, immigration–without firing the one bullet on reconciliation. I would also float the idea of having no nuclear option, but only for the first year.
There has to be more to this because if not agreeing to new rules = old rules then of course Mitch would just never agree to new rules.
If the GOP won’t even vote for COVID relief, which seems pretty clear, they’re basically requiring Dems to nuke the filibuster to do any governing at all.
There is an easy cheat code. They can nuke the filibuster and require 50 votes at any time.
The HELP Committee oversees the coronavirus response. Its chairman was Lamar Alexander, who chose not to run for reelection. As I understand it, until a new organizing resolution is passed, the committee has no chair and can’t convene, which means it can’t hold hearings to confirm Xavier Bacerra, the nominee for HHS secretary, a job which may be important in dealing with COVID.
Manchin has stated that the priority should be the COVID vaccine and that this is more important than stimulus. This should be his trigger point for filibuster reform. I don’t think he’s going to go for the full nuclear option and you also have to worry about Sinema, King, and Feinstein, so I think the obvious compromise is allowing the filibuster to stand but guaranteeing that a few key bills will get through to a floor vote.
It’s seriously time for one of these octogenarian cretins to get covid for real. How the fuck is Grassley fine?
https://twitter.com/CodyPom13/status/1352390892271726593
donald trump will go down as one of the best 1000 presidents this nation has ever seen
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Wait so what happens if there is no deal. Whats the old rules? Procedural rules? Like whats that even mean?
Cant believe mitch can still obstruct as minority leader
Senate has to agree on if he’s minority leader, which they haven’t yet, so, not sure what you’re talking about.
Well he is obviously still negotiating for them you little shit
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Feinstein has to go. I mean like right now. Tomorrow. The fuck are these people doing?
Schumer suggested multiple times that she step down for the ACB hearing with dignity, and the reason he did it multiple times is because she didn’t recall meeting with him. She doesn’t even know what fucking planet she’s on.
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committees don’t change numbers until there’s a deal so I believe dems only chair the ethics one right now (that is because of roberts retiring) Don’t know why either I just read it. No deal, no gavels is a problem. You have to make some sort of deal at 50/50 unfortunately.
god damnit Maine. all you had to do was no susan collins and that shit isn’t happening but nope
you can still filibuster and annoy as minority leader, schumer stonewalled the hell out of the trump cabinet