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      • garbage [none/use name,he/him]
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        3 years ago

        it's all by design. if the republicans had one more no vote, then pressley or omar or bush would have voted yes too.

                • SpeedAnimal [none/use name]
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                  3 years ago

                  There was already that pressure, because it wasn't clear it was going to pass, as it ultimately passed by 1 vote.

                  So yes, there was already as much pressure as there was going to be without a clear, very likely loss, where it would have been a lot less relevant anyway.

          • garbage [none/use name,he/him]
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            3 years ago

            if it came down to it she would have voted yes. it's not pulling shit out of my ass, it's recognizing the failures of electoralism. sorry :LIB:

            • SpeedAnimal [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              Democratic opposition came exclusively from liberal members of the party who have broken with its leaders in the past — and in recent months have advocated reducing funding for police operations nationwide, a campaign that began last year as part of the country’s reckoning over racial justice in law enforcement. Their opposition to Thursday’s bill highlights the challenges House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will face going forward as she tries to keep her razor-thin majority united, an undertaking that will only get more complicated as Congress draws closer to the 2022 midterm elections.

              The 213-to-212 vote was a nail-biter as Democratic leaders, on the House floor, made emphatic last-minute appeals to the holdouts, pleading with them to back the measure. As Thursday’s vote closed, cries of, “One more!” could be heard from the GOP side of the chamber, prompting the Democratic leader, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (Md.), to declare that they had run out of time and demand the final count be called.

              The three members who voted no — Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Cori Bush (Mo.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) — released a joint statement Thursday saying that “a bill that pours $1.9 billion into increased police surveillance and force without addressing the underlying threats of organized and violent white supremacy, radicalization, and disinformation that led to this attack will not prevent it from happening again.”

              Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), all Democrats, voted “present” ­­— officially taking no position, and allowing the bill to pass by one vote.

              https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-passes-2419-billion-bill-to-pay-for-capitol-security-upgrades-despite-democratic-defections/ar-AAKczwp

              Edit: Cori Bush is still explicitly supporting her stance on No https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1395520445756157965 (and post got fucked up trying to edit)

                • SpeedAnimal [none/use name]
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                  3 years ago

                  I don't think you can read. Illhan would not have voted yes. She didn't vote yes. It "came down to it", and she didn't do it.

                    • SpeedAnimal [none/use name]
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                      3 years ago

                      By 1 vote, when were still calls on the floor for votes, and they didn't know the count (hence calls on the floor for more votes).

                        • SpeedAnimal [none/use name]
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                          3 years ago

                          I'm sorry that being able to talk in specifics and not repeating "electoralism!!!" and Lenin quotes is confusing for you. Feel free to criticise the 3 "presents", but Democrats are not master string pullers. Reality is not always as straightforward as everything being clearly planned theatre. The Socialist Campaign Group within Labour is similarly often split due to differences between its members, and is not a united front even as a minority group within Labour. The same is true here of "progressive" Democrats.

                  • gowanus_canal [any]
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                    3 years ago

                    if just one of the 3 (AOC, Tlaib, Bowman) had voted no instead of present, it would've failed. but i am sure they had it worked out who would vote no and who would vote present just so it would barely pass. or at the very least a failure of coordination to kill the bill. i can only assume because they wanted it to pass while still taking a posture of opposing it/not supporting it. basicall just theatre. the 3 no's could've also voted present to give more room for it to pass.