Mastodawn

Cat Feb 12, 2025

Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party.

Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party. - Ponder.cat

> House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration’s authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

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evenglow Feb 12, 2025

“Forcing recorded votes is possible. Frequent quorum calls are possible. A wide variety of dilatory motions are possible. In short, harassing the majority is possible. If they think it’s a bad idea, say so. If they say it’s not possible, they’re lying.”

I like how politicians voting is considered a time out. It’s their job, jfc.

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Eugene V. Debs' Ghost

Remember all the times people said “Push for bills so when Republicans vote no it’s on the record for election season?”.

As if Republicans can see anything but the Republican next to the first person’s name in a ballot.