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The [US Congress] Occasionally Makes Laws and Stuff
ElJeffe
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Hey kiddos, it's time for a shiny new US Congress thread, because the old one has a bunch of miles on it and we still can't get the stench out of the upholstery from when Uncle Tommy got shitfaced and horked in the back seat.
DO:
- Talk about stuff congress is doing
- Talk about specific bills, committees, or other congressional type stuff that might be happening at the moment
- Try to give posters the benefit of the doubt and assume good faith of people you disagree with
- Use the report button if you think someone is being a problem
DON'T:
- Talk about stuff only vaguely related to congress
- Get too into the weeds regarding discussion of future election prospects
- Engage with others in a hostile fashion
- Complain about other forumers in the thread
- Bring personal beef or gripes from other threads into this one
- Talk about violence, riots, or revolution as either the solution to, or the consequence of, congressional action or inaction
- Talk about the 1/6 coup - we have a dedicated thread for that
Remember, we have threads specifically for climate change, police brutality, the coup, the economy, and a host of other topics. If you want to talk about one of these subjects in an in depth fashion and there's not a bill active in congress right now, one of these threads might be a better fit.
Aaaaaaaand go.
DO:
- Talk about stuff congress is doing
- Talk about specific bills, committees, or other congressional type stuff that might be happening at the moment
- Try to give posters the benefit of the doubt and assume good faith of people you disagree with
- Use the report button if you think someone is being a problem
DON'T:
- Talk about stuff only vaguely related to congress
- Get too into the weeds regarding discussion of future election prospects
- Engage with others in a hostile fashion
- Complain about other forumers in the thread
- Bring personal beef or gripes from other threads into this one
- Talk about violence, riots, or revolution as either the solution to, or the consequence of, congressional action or inaction
- Talk about the 1/6 coup - we have a dedicated thread for that
Remember, we have threads specifically for climate change, police brutality, the coup, the economy, and a host of other topics. If you want to talk about one of these subjects in an in depth fashion and there's not a bill active in congress right now, one of these threads might be a better fit.
Aaaaaaaand go.
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Like, what (if anything) was the original plan and where did it fall apart?
Anyway, of the Dem leaders Schumer again seems like the most flexible in his thinking. He went to congratulate Bush after the Biden policy leaked.
Yay that he's doing something about it, though.
Also this.
Felt too fast for this to just be drawn up over a weekend, but whatever can keep people in their homes is a win.
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I really doubt this does anything but get injunctioned. That said if they spent the last month trying to find a way to rules lawyer it in, 1/100 it works? The phrasing did sound like something different not just a renewal.
If you had something cooking you definitely don’t let the deadline hit with a “ah fuck, we fucked that up huh” like they did
I mean, nothing's been drawn up yet, really. They announced plans that they were going to make an announcement regarding a new moratorium.
But it's a good move either way, even though he admits that it might not pass SCOTUS scrutiny, that it's worth trying, which it is. And I'd like to see a clean bill regarding this on the House as well, even though it obviously won't pass the Senate, for the same reasons.
Schumer went from a guy who I was groaning over running the Senate to a guy who's political instincts I actually have some respect for. Which I never ever expected.
I definitely feel like a Senate where Schumer could actually whip votes would get a lot of good stuff done.
It feels to me like they were counting on the White House extending this as needed and then the SCOTUS decision came down and Pelosi/Schumer basically said "Nothing is gonna pass Congress on this, what do you wanna do?" and then the White House was like "We'll think about it" and then said nothing until like 3 days before the moratorium was about to expire and then went "Hey Congress, do something about this" and then Congress went "Holy shit, seriously?" and then Congress failed to get anything done and then said "You do something!" and then this became such an epic clusterfuck that the White House scrambled to come up with something that seemed like it might vaguely maybe work and that's where we are.
I was listening to something like a year ago where they were talking to someone who used to work on Schumer's initial Senate terms back in the late 90s/early 2000s and even then he seemed very interested in appealing to a broad swath of the electorate and appearing on local news with his name connected to good things happening in that area and basically seemed like he had a generally good instinct for the need to always have your name attached to good things that are happening. It's what the intellectual exercise with the imaginary couple people mock him for is all about. And he shockingly seems to be updating that model for the times too.
I don't think his plan of "pass things that make people's lives better" is enough, but it's definitely the required first step if the Democrats want to maintain control of the government.
Absolutely, with the caveat that also they might have lost track of it at some point because they thought the $46b already funded meant this was moot
Here's the signed order from the CDC. (links directly to PDF)
Effective until Oct 3/SCOTUS cuts it down.
Emails going out this afternoon to Carper, Coons, and Blunt-Richardson about a bunch of things.
Anyone have any suggestions on what else I should tell about other than filibuster, voting rights, infrastructure, and mask mandates?
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