Via a mechanism in the Judiciary Committee

(They don’t have enough votes to fully block unless some republicans defect)

  • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee
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    About fucking time!

    Next do Quorum Calls and stop allowing unanimous consent, slow things to a fucking crawl. Make that “parliamentarian” they values so much when it stoped progress work their ass off having to make calls about every pointless process there is.

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      Some dems have recently pledged to block unanimous consent for nominations, but I haven’t heard about quorum calls

      Call your senators and tell them that to do that if either/both are dems! They’ve been starting to put up a lot more of a fight recently after more and more people have been calling

      If either/both are Republicans, call them and tell them to vote no for the nominees

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        Call them and keep up the pressure then. They have been getting a flood of calls these past few days and notably have started to really up thier action in turn

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            Fetterman is inconsistent. He sometimes votes the right way. Other times doesn’t. There’s still issues he can be pressured on

            Remind him that you’d support a primary challange to him

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            I stopped expecting things from the Democrats when we gave them both chambers of congress and the presidency and all we got was a Republican health care plan.

            I only vote for them to keep liberals from removed to me about not voting.

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            Like most they probably were voting against Trump and not for Kamala. Seemingly, unlike the Republican party the Democrat partys voter base is fickle and fractious. The DNC seems hellbent on being the milktoast centrist-like party possible. While the voters range in belief from milktoast to socialist, with those further left voting against Trump not for Kamala.

            I don’t know the percentages, and polling seems as reliable as tarot cards, but a not insignificant portion of Democrat voters are disappointed in the party. They are a poor excuse for an opposition party. Instead of taking opposing views from the Republicans they instead take a ever so slightly more palatable or the same position. It’s frustrating and horrible and soul sucking but better enough than the Republicans, and especially Trump.

            All that to say I think you misread or misinterpreted what they wrote. Unless you’re saying vote third party?