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[–] 27 points 1 day ago* (5 children)

His lack of popularity with voters and party members doesn't matter if this is how the dems are gonna secure their nominations. Theyre basically telling the party 'Israel first or else'. This isnt a race, its a coronation.

https://lemmy.world/post/54254820

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  • [–] 13 points 1 day ago* (4 children)

    That article is about this House. We're talking about the Senate. Electing a House Speaker required a simple majority of all members. Given Democrats' sizeable majority, this means probably 50 Representatives would have to withhold support from Jeffries. This may happen or may not. Fortunately, in the House there are mechanisms for membership to bring bills to the floor regardless of the Speaker's wishes.

    In the Senate, I think enough Democratic Senators are on board for a change from Schumer, which will force a competitive election for Majority Leader. This position has more control of the legislative agenda than the House Speaker does

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    You think party leadership in the Senate is gonna be less forceful than the house?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I don't understand how you gleaned that from anything I said above

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (1 child)

    So you think the same party that's threatening reps for control of the house simply won't organize to the same level in the Senate, the much more powerful body of government? Explain why to me the Senate is gonna be a free and fair race from the same party willing to threaten reps over the house.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    The House, Senate, and Democratic Party are all different things. You seem to think they're all controlled by the same people, but they're not. In the Senate, Chris Van Hollen is stepping up to challenge Schumer for Majority Leader. No one has stepped up in the House to challenge Jeffries. That Jeffries and/or his allies in the House threatened the representative who is the subject of that article has nothing to do with the Senate

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