47 House Republicans vote to write same-sex marriage into law
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Backers of the bill included leadership such as Elise Stefanik and Tom Emmer, as well as Liz Cheney and House Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry.

It's unclear if the Senate will take up the legislation, as Democratic leaders remained noncommittal on Tuesday. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he would personally support putting it on the floor, but questioned whether there's enough time on the calendar with the Senate set to go on an extended recess in two weeks and two huge party priorities to finish before then.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer would not say Tuesday if there would be a floor vote but said, “we're going to look at everything we can do.”

THE HOUSE ACTUALLY PASSED IT. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE COMING FOR NEXT, BUT HE WANTS TO FOCUS ON PARTY PRIORITIES. BITCH HOW IS THIS NOT A PRIORITY?

AHHHHH :this-is-fine:

  • Kanna [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I'm definitely not against working with socialist orgs, I'm just not so convinced on electoralism is all (ironically I mod !electoralism). Organizing is always a good thing

    • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Again I agree with you that voting is not going to solve the world's issues. Forgive me if you've seen this quote before but reading this is what made me believe that voting for socialists is still worth the effort anyway (barring like 8hr voter suppression lines on a workday of course):

      Even where there is no prospect of achieving their election the workers must put up their own candidates to preserve their independence, to gauge their own strength and to bring their revolutionary position and party standpoint to public attention. They must not be led astray by the empty phrases of the democrats, who will maintain that the workers’ candidates will split the democratic party and offer the forces of reaction the chance of victory. All such talk means, in the final analysis, that the proletariat is to be swindled. The progress which the proletarian party will make by operating independently in this way is infinitely more important than the disadvantages resulting from the presence of a few reactionaries in the representative body.

      It's from here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/communist-league/1850-ad1.htm

      (I would suggest just Ctrl-F bc this doc is long as hell haha)

    • AvgMarighellaEnjoyer [he/him,any]
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      2 years ago

      besides the point that Marx makes in that quote, elections are also useful to revolutionary parties because they can serve as a soap box. if even a single candidate stands out and is popular that is already a huge win for the party, no matter if they get elected or not.