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Moments ago on the Senate floor, Ben Cardin asked for unanimous consent from all senators to pass one of the House-approved bills to reopen the government.
Mitch McConnell objected, calling the House-passed bills "an absolutely pointless show vote." Via ABC
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)maxsolomon
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And what does Death need Time for?
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)See me adding Burroughs to my library list.
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)Oh what a pickle he's in.
sfwriter
(3,032 posts)He ACTIVELY blocked a vote to reopen government.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)So, you were saying about an absolutely pointless show vote, Mr. Majority Leader?
dalton99a
(82,120 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(34,011 posts)Maybe the rest of the Senate can cut his leash.
thucythucy
(8,234 posts)That's a good one.
thucythucy
(8,234 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,830 posts)from the guy whose party voted to repeal Obamacare 63 million times knowing it would be vetoed each time.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Javaman
(62,595 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,639 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,520 posts)BumRushDaShow
(131,534 posts)The Senate doesn't have a good mechanism like the House does, where (with much effort) one can put forth a discharge petition to force consideration of a bill.
Buckeyeblue
(5,520 posts)The Senate majority leader has a lot of power.
BumRushDaShow
(131,534 posts)The main things that can easily be discharged from committee are "non-controversial" legislation that usually get unanimous consent (proclamations, post office namings, etc)... although in the past, Senators HAVE snuck important things in for passage "by unanimous consent" if no one bothered to read the calendar for the day and no one else was there in the chamber to object when the Senator introduced the measure.
Bettie
(16,223 posts)has ultimate veto power. He alone decides what legislation is voted on.
I would not think this was right under a Democrat either.
BumRushDaShow
(131,534 posts)Of course Cardin is Senator from MD, which has a lot at stake.
A clip of Turtle's response should be aired over and over and over and over and over - especially the part where he says "there's a lot of important business the Senate could be tackling" - essentially dismissing a closed federal government as being unimportant.