• nickiwest@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    13
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    15 hours ago

    I don’t understand why literally every Democrat in the Senate didn’t line up to filibuster this bill. Booker’s performative filibuster was toothless. This could actually have done something to change public policy.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        15 hours ago

        In my imagination there are increasingly desperate actions they could do to stop the bill from proceeding. Pull the fire alarm. Start a fire. Cover all the chairs with honey. I don’t know. I feel like if it looked like a portal to hell was about to open I would break a lot of norms and rules to stop it

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          15 hours ago

          Apparently they’re not even allowed an open floor to talk, but Hakeem Jeffries at least took the opportunity for 08:44

          • arrow74@lemmy.zip
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            14 hours ago

            That’s the house, and only because it was a bill passed back to the house, after previous passage, to review senate revisions. Otherwise they would have been allowed to debate much more if this was the first time the house had the bill.

        • chingadera@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          12 hours ago

          It’s not just your imagination. Think back to the last 8 years and how much horseshit has come out that “wasn’t law” but was allowed. That same thinking and action could easily be applied by the opposition, but it turns out the opposition is a wet paper towel.

          I’m not smart enough to steer this, but there has to be a group trying to put together a legitimate third party. Let’s talk about that. Anytime theres a fucking comical issue upfront, talk about that, and don’t relent.

    • Turret3857@infosec.pub
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      15 hours ago

      i said this the other day and got downvoted to hell, in addition to people telling me “well they did filibuster it”

      • TachyonTele@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        15 hours ago

        Yes. Because it was filibustered for a day.

        “They did the thing i wanted but i said they didn’t and i don’t understand why people don’t agree with me”

        • Turret3857@infosec.pub
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          15 hours ago

          Why did it only go on a day, why didnt it go longer? There are no rules stating they can’t.

          • TachyonTele@piefed.social
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            14 hours ago

            You already know the reason, someone else already said why. I’m not going to get drawn into a circlejerk argument with you just because you refuse reality.

            • j0ester@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              14 hours ago

              We all knew it was going to get passed. But if they did it for two days… Donald be crying, because he can’t sign it on the 4th. That’s what I was hoping.