the bill would finally get rid of Daylight Savings Time. everyone was on board, and then the Democrats just didn't do anything about it.

  • Ziege_Bock [any]
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    2 years ago

    To be fair, this bill was passed in the Senate essentially by accident.

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Two days later, BuzzFeed News reported that many senators were not aware that a request had been made for the bill to pass via unanimous consent and were not ready to raise an objection. Rubio's office had notified every other senator's office of the request; however, it is a frequent occurrence for legislative staff to "vet the request" themselves to "decide if an issue is too benign or obviously doomed to bother their boss with". BuzzFeed identified Tom Cotton (R‑AR) as a senator who, according to a member of his staff, was vehemently opposed to the bill and would have objected to its passage had he been informed of it

      what are we paying these people for?

      • Quimby [any, any]
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        2 years ago

        if that doesn't perfectly summarize our "democracy", idk what does.

        We need whole process democracy!! :xi-vote:

        the next time someone criticizes China, I need to remember to pull this shit out.

        like, boo China all you want. I've seen what you call "democracy".

    • amber2 [she/her,they/them]
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      2 years ago

      :walter-shock: politicians when they accidentally agree on something besides funding police and the military

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      ah. that does make sense; we can't actually be getting things done now, huh?