• Graphite22 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I remember it as a tiny tiny tiny footnote in civics class lmfao

      the dems uncovered a low risk low reward tuning knob on their cruelty machine. turn the knob it a little bit for some

      :vote: inspiration

      • cosecantphi [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The consultant that came up with the idea to present the parliamentarian as some unstoppable arbiter of what congress can and can't do must have gotten a serious promotion.

        The Democrats absolutely love trotting this person out every time they get the chance to possibly do something good, they just do it all the time now. It gives people time to cool down on Manchin and Sinema, the more rotating villains the better.

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

      no but I hadn't heard of reconciliation either. Because Obama didn't even try to pass things after Dems lost the 60 seat majority

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      2 years ago

      I did parliamentary procedure club competitions in high school and I'd never heard of the senate having a parliamentarian before Brandon needed another excuse to pass zero popular pieces of legislation

    • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      the bush tax cuts involved firing one of these wastes of life, so yes, but I don't think it's ever come up so frequently