Shawn Smith PeirceDec 21, 2022
Democrats Frittered Away the Lame-Duck Session https://prospect.org/politics/democrats-frittered-away-the-lame-duck-session/
Democrats Frittered Away the Lame-Duck Session

A lackadaisical approach led to failure for numerous bipartisan bills, and kept alive Republican goals to take the debt limit hostage in 2023.

The American Prospect
Show threadNLAWScametovisitDec 21, 2022
@_silversmith uh... No they didnt?
Show threadShawn Smith PeirceDec 22, 2022
@NLAWScametovisit That’s the name of the piece. I didn’t write the headline. Blame @ddayen.
Show threadNLAWScametovisitDec 22, 2022
@_silversmith @ddayen i will. Thank you. Mr. Dayen please explain why you think this title was at all appropriate or acceptable in a time where democracy is so profoundly threatened? Im being very serious here. I want an explanation.
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@_silversmith @ddayen characterizing the passage of the respect for marriage act, not to mention everything else, as "frittering away" this session is a disgusting shortselling of the profoundly meaningful legislation that effects the life and liberties of millions of Amaricans.
Dec 22, 2022 at 2:03amTusky