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.

  • 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.