silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoCory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speechwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkCory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speechwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
You can call your senators to ask them to join in. live video here His overall strategy of disruption is described here
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 months agoI saw this going yesterday. can’t believe he’s still going
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down29·2 months agoThere’s alot of hot air in that guy.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoShould have filibustered the continuing resolution
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoDefinitely, but Schumer pushed enough Democrats to side with the Republicans on a vote to end debate that they had the 60-vote supermajority needed to do so.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoIt would have bought attention and time, maybe. With Schumer effectively sabotaging any kind of internal resistance within the party though…
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThis is a very relevant detail I had missed. Thank you for pointing it out!
I saw this going yesterday. can’t believe he’s still going
There’s alot of hot air in that guy.
Should have filibustered the continuing resolution
Definitely, but Schumer pushed enough Democrats to side with the Republicans on a vote to end debate that they had the 60-vote supermajority needed to do so.
It would have bought attention and time, maybe.
With Schumer effectively sabotaging any kind of internal resistance within the party though…
This is a very relevant detail I had missed. Thank you for pointing it out!