Johnson's plan backfires bigly!

[mcar]

Democrats!

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Dems seem to have outplayed GOP on the Covid delay. After the all-night reading, @ChrisVanHollen simply got up, proposed shortening the debate from 20 hours to 3 and no Republican including @RonJohnsonWI was around to contest. In the end, the dramatic Bill reading delayed nothing
9:15 AM · Mar 5, 2021

[JohnSJ]

1. Great. Well done Senator VanHollen

[mcar]

5. I read that Tammy Baldwin was in on it too

It happened at about 2 a.m. The 2 of them hung around that long, waiting for the reading to finish and Johnson to leave the floor.

[JohnSJ]

8. I am sure. As long as there was no one present to object. Bravo!!!

No doubt they are going to throw out a lot of worthless and destructive amendments which will get voted down unless they are actually good things, which I doubt, because the republicans will be doing it to delay things

[Heartstrings]

49. Yes, she was!

At least we have one Senator from WI that’s not an obstructionist!

[Kingofalldems]

2. Maryland does it again.

[soothsayer]

3. Sweet!

[Walleye]

4. Finesse! I was wondering how the time was shortened to three hours.

[sybylla]

50. IIRC it was one of those "without objection" motions.

And there were no GQP puppets around to object. So it passed.

[c-rational]

6. Bravo!

[sheshe2]

7. Ron John...

Out maneuvered 🤣😂🤣

[33taw]

17. That's not a high bar. I am embarrassed every time I realize he is one of my Senators.

[sheshe2]

19. I feel your pain. 😐

[Comfortably_Numb]

32. I live in texas.... hold my beer.

[33taw]

39. So sorry, at least we have Tammy Baldwin.

[Comfortably_Numb]

41. And we have Johnny Cronyism.... two losers!

[wryter2000]

44. So sorry

Maybe Beto next time.

[Comfortably_Numb]

46. I voted for Beto last time, and MJ this time so I'm out of **cks to give.

[AllyCat]

33. No kidding. What an embarrassment

[dsc]

9. actually -7 hours is what he got

[MyOwnPeace]

10. Oh, Senator Johnson............

[Tommy Carcetti]

11. I thought the poster meant Johnson & Johnson...

...and was scratching my head as to what their "plan" was.

[ChazInAz]

40. Don't feel bad.

I was thinking of LBJ.

[Throckmorton]

47. Same here, LBJ, All The Way.

I'm old, cold, and wolves are after me.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. Proud Marylander,proud of my senator too.

[Grammy23]

13. Two can play at this game, Sen. Johnson.

So give it your best shot. We can figure a countermove if this is how you have to play to win. Ya big galoop. (With credit to Bugs Bunny, I think.)

[gratuitous]

18. And it's about stinkin' time

The Democrats absolutely need to have someone study up on the arcana of the rules of order and use them as a cudgel against the Republicans. For far too long, Democrats have been steam-rolled by procedural shenanigans and for whatever reason not using those very tactics against Republicans: "There goes Senator Vaporbrain; there's no Republicans in the chamber at all is there? We still in session? Great. I ask unanimous consent to limit debate time to three hours." "Without objection, so ordered." "See y'all tomor--er later today."

[usaf-vet]

29. I agree BUT we have to play it ALL the time. Long term strategy. Congrats to VanHollen and Baldwin.

[calimary]

51. Absolutely YES! ALL - repeat - ALL the time!

We need to fight this like we’re literally on war footing, because with opposition like this, that’s exactly where we ARE.

[BobTheSubgenius]

52. "What a maroon!"

Another nod to Bugs.

[LizBeth]

14. Well yea, that was fun.

[FSogol]

15. Well played. n/t

[sarchasm]

16. Excellent play! ...

[SleeplessinSoCal]

20. Send candy and flowers to the readiers!

Maybe even a medal of freedom...

[marble falls]

21. Point! Blue!

[sarcasmo]

22. Swift Kick!

[lindysalsagal]

23. They should have eliminated the super majority while everyone was home napping....

[aggiesal]

24. (R)'s wasted 11 hours, (D)'s reduced the debate by 17 hours ...

I'm calculating that the (D)'s gained 6 hours on the (R)'s stall tactics.

Way to go.

[dchill]

25. Well played, Senator!

[mountain grammy]

26. This made my day..

[Tommymac]

27. ZING!

That's gotta hurt, Sen Johnson.

[keithbvadu2]

28. It was not important enough for Ron to stick around.

[CaptainTruth]

30. Van Hollen is my new favorite band.

Favorite songs include:

Ron Johnson's Crying
We Really Got You
Read The Night Away

[AllyCat]

38. Hah!

[niyad]

31. Oooooopsss!!!! I guess that rojo never heard of "blowback", the idea of unintended consequences.

[bringthePaine]

34. laziest RefuKKKchickens EVER

[George II]

35. He stupidly forgot to show up at the end of the reading, so Van Hollen was able to limit debate....

.....to a total of 3 hours.

Did you hear what Schumer said this morning? After thanking the clerks and the staff, he said "I hope our friend from Wisconsin enjoyed his Thursday evening!" (forget if he said "enjoyed" or "had a nice", but he zinged him anyway)

[Blue Owl]

36. Suck on that MoRon Johnson you piece of shit

[Johnny2X2X]

37. In the end it shortened it 6 hours

20 hours debate vs 3 hours of debate +11 hours of reading.

I have no doubt Voterama will be long, but it's not stopping anything and the Reps will regret it, they're making it clear they want to stop a bill that 78% of the country supports.

[wryter2000]

42. None of them were around?

Boggles the mind.

[Hekate]

43. Well played, sir, well played

[gab13by13]

45. Yeah but,

they already have 100 amendments to vote down, with more probably to come.