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wnylib

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17. Hmm. My Senator IS Schumer.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 03:31 AM

Sep 2020

I can tell him to keep up the good work.

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Schumer, in rare move, takes control of floor to force health care vote [View all] brooklynite Sep 2020 OP

so can we do this daily ? dweller Sep 2020 #1

Wait, what? Why is THIS not the plan now? lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #23

"doing so regularly would shut down the Senate" NYC Liberal Sep 2020 #2

Actually, shutting down the Senate sounds like a good idea padfun Sep 2020 #3

Yeah, let's do a cloture vote every day until Jan 20 2021. ancianita Sep 2020 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author nykym Sep 2020 #26

I fourth the motion mjvpi Sep 2020 #4

Why didn't he do this a long time ago? n/t Bev54 Sep 2020 #5

Call the Senate (202) 224-3121 BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #6

Hmm. My Senator IS Schumer. wnylib Sep 2020 #17

Yes, and thank him for all of us! BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #20

Good. Shut down the Senate. SergeStorms Sep 2020 #8

! Excactly! ffr Sep 2020 #11

They Could Do That To Name Post Office Buildings DallasNE Sep 2020 #12

I propose we start with the Old Post Office in DC; currently has "Trump Hotel" plastered on it. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #24

What?! Roy Rolling Sep 2020 #9

So, Schumer - or any other Dem Senator - have had the ability to do this all along??? scarletwoman Sep 2020 #10

The time to do this is after SC nomination has cleared the Judiciary Committee lastlib Sep 2020 #22

Is that now what McConnell will be doing to us after January? moonscape Sep 2020 #30

That's what people seem to be saying is an okay practice. Igel Sep 2020 #34

Why have you not gone to extremes like this before now, Schumer? calimary Sep 2020 #13

Exactly We need a partisan rattfu**er right now not a technocrat BlueNProud Sep 2020 #28

I want somebody who fights dirty like the bad guys do. calimary Sep 2020 #31

More of this, please. BadgerMom Sep 2020 #14

"doing so regularly would shut down the Senate" SeattleVet Sep 2020 #15

The first of many I hope proud patriot Sep 2020 #16

The only "work" the senate gets done on a typical day is ALBliberal Sep 2020 #18

Extreme times require extreme measures BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #19

He may have done it to se a "precedent" for the remainder of the time before the election.... George II Sep 2020 #21

WOW! i hope THIS is our answer! bluestarone Sep 2020 #25

If Chuck as been holding back, Nancy has been holding back. Hotler Sep 2020 #27

Schumer needs only to ask himself one question before on embarking on this regularly... AKing Sep 2020 #29

If these aren't desperate times calling for desperate measures, then what is ? Pluvious Sep 2020 #32

Shut down the senate, you say? Politicub Sep 2020 #33

Good job Chuck! WhiteTara Sep 2020 #35