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[–] 37 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Blocking unanimous consent on everything in the Senate until their demands are met would be nice.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Idk if you've noticed but almost everything is passing on party line votes. Bills only need a simple majority to pass the Senate and the House, and Republicams have a simple majority. Democrats have done a few successful filibusters to prevent bills from making to the vote, but it's not possible to do for every bill.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You don’t understand. I don’t mean a filibuster.

    Daily business in the Senate operates under unanimous consent. That way, they avoid voting for things like setting schedules and super minor nonsense.

    It takes only a single Senator to force votes on everything to grind the Senate to a halt.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    This is the way, if you're one of the morons (or outright collaborators) who still thinks civility is important.

    Bog eveything down with procedural bullshit. It's what Mitch would do.

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