The rules say any senator can do what Schumer did Tuesday but senators typically don't take these extreme steps because doing so regularly would shut down the Senate.
jesus fucking christ
lol. Yeah, you certainly wouldn't want to throw a wrench into that well-oiled machine.
Idk if that would work but it would at least make the republicans vote to continue it
All this to protect Obamacare. They didn't take control and reject Trump when it came to increasing the military budget, funding federal police, concentration camps or anything else.
I'm just pleasantly surprised they pulled it out for healthcare rather than a new 'investigate Russia and Iran and Trump's taxes, we'll get him this time boys!' move
the remaining shreds of the ACA are the only thing left from Obama's legacy and liberals really need an achievement to point to in Biden's favor
Yep, the ACA is the only thing liberals have that they can point to and be like 'look we CAN accomplish things'
apparently this is a procedural thing that can be removed just like the Republicans removed the 60 vote requirement for SC noms. So Dems wouldnt have been able to pull this stunt too many times without it being no longer an option
Thanks for sharing that context. Yeah I guess it wouldn't really be useful more than a few times.
