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.

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    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.

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      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