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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,082 posts)
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 12:49 AM Jan 2021

If McConnell winds up losing control of the Senate, We have

to thank Stacey, Raphael, Jon and Mitch.

Mitch McConnell Just Engaged in a Monstrous Act of Casual Cruelty Against His Fellow Citizens in Need

With the rest of the national leadership lined up behind $2,000 survival checks, the Republican leader shot them down.
By Charles P. Pierce Dec 29, 2020


https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35092538/mitch-mcconnell-block-2000-stimulus-checks/
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If McConnell winds up losing control of the Senate, We have (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2021 OP
we will have to risk getting rid of the filibuster rule completely lapfog_1 Jan 2021 #1
as well as the dirty tricks of arbitrary rules for SCOTUS and SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2021 #2
Unhappy son of a Mitch True Dough Jan 2021 #3

lapfog_1

(29,191 posts)
1. we will have to risk getting rid of the filibuster rule completely
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 12:53 AM
Jan 2021

nothing in the constitution calls for it.

But with a 51 to 50 Senate, not much is going to get passed into law.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,082 posts)
2. as well as the dirty tricks of arbitrary rules for SCOTUS and
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 01:31 AM
Jan 2021

preventing legislation from being debated. We need to get democracy visible and in action.

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