The two senators were not absent, they voted no.
Oh and a reminder to contact your senator, especially if they're Democrats, and let them know this intentional absence to kill the bill is absolutely unacceptable.
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They’re implying that they were purposefully absent to avoid actually voting no on paper, but to accomplish the same goal of voting no and making sure the bill failed
Oh right. That's basically what absent is, at least in practice right? Not exactly I know.
From another article on the matter.
Andrew Desiderio of Punchbowl News reported Wednesday night that there was "some consternation" among rank-and-file Democratic senators at party leadership, which had scheduled the vote for Wednesday evening despite apparently knowing Whitehouse would be absent.
This was intentional by Democratic leadership under the ineffective, incompetent, and corrupt Schumer.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
Wow, like usual just a vote or two away…
I’m starting to think it’s not an accident.
That's obviously because deep state shadow government reptiles. Afterall, all maga believes that, and there is so many of them, they can't all be mistaken.
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A) Their absence was intentional.
B) They can't anyway, because they've already passed a law last month saying that the entire rest of the legislative year is just one calendar day long:
House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies. NYTimes source.
C) Fuck the entire Republican party.
D) Fuck the Democrats for not standing up to this shit.
The national emergency law lays out a fast-track process for Congress to consider a resolution ending a presidential emergency, requiring committee consideration within 15 calendar days after one is introduced and a floor vote within three days after that. But the language House Republicans inserted in their measure on Tuesday declared that, “Each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day”
lmao, they actually abolished time to ignore their responsibilities. Is it possible to learn this power?
“Each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day”
How the fuck are they just allowing this to happen?
Trying to think of how to leverage this precedent to my advantage but all I can come up with is that work only has to pay me for 1 day “for the remainder of the 119th congress.”
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But ItS tHe RePubIcAnS guys. Ignore the other half just nodding and shrugging. It's the Republicans guys, inaction is not complicity. (Unless it's tHe OtHeR GuYs)
It fucking literally is though.
Ok gramps let's get you back to the home. Sounds like you need a lie down after a busy day.
It's always, always, always all of the republicans causing shit. Usually a few democrats join them, but it's negligible and proves that "but both sides" is a load of BS.
both sides are corporate neolibs, just one is extra fash.
they are both bad, but the republicans are by far way, way worse.
~~I don't understand your sarcasm in this context~~
Oh. I see it now.
The bond market is failing. If that reaches fruition the economy collapses, including the banks.
Either Trumps own people turn against him or this horrific outcome may happen.
The collapse of horror is not inherently horror.
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