Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has hampered the functions of the Tra…

Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has hampered the functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies.

excellent

The motion failed by a vote of 51 to 46. Centrist Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans to advance the funding bill. It needed 60 votes to advance.

centrist my fucking asshole.

  • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    513·
    3 days ago

    Its not nearly enough to make up for the limp dick ‘resistance’ they’ve put up so far, but I’ll take a small W

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      74·
      3 days ago

      Nothing will ever be enough for some people. People expect the party with zero power to pull votes out their asses.

      • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        3 days ago

        I don’t care about votes, they need to be doing everything possible whether its legal or in line with decorum or not. If they would start playing dirty to fuck the fascists over we’d be in much better shape.

        • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
          63·
          2 days ago

          It would give the fascists an excuse to remove them from power. You want a violent revolution, it’s not going to come from legally elected officials.

          • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
            91·
            2 days ago

            No one said violent, Mitch McConnell blocked everything good for decades without having the votes to pass anything. Obstruct with everything possible, this isn’t a long game and the fascists will happily kill the DNC. This fight is existential and they act like it’s biz as usual. The old world is no more

      • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        It’s worth remembering, much as I hate it:

        1. Oligarchs corrupt dems - not as much as repubs, but enough
        2. So many elects dems are centrist / center-right. Fucking overton window

        We need more progressive representation and support in this country, but it’s dying because of the decades of fascist propaganda. 😡

        • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          2 days ago

          That dude would be saying “he can’t do this” while being marched to the gallows

      • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyzEnglish
        51·
        2 days ago

        They didn’t have to vote to give ICE any money, either now or under Biden or under Trump I or under Obama.