I can’t imagine that any other place would have put up with her continued disobedience.
Category: Congress
CNN poll on issues important for Congressional vote
CNN POLL
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 11, 2022
Issue is Extremely Important
To Congressional Vote
Economy 59%
Inflation 55%
Voting rights 55%
Taxes 49%
Education 46%
Health care 44%
Crime 43%
Gun policy 41%
Immigration 39%
Coronavirus 38%
Climate 30%
Boebert is a bigot
McCarthy will do nothing about her because it would alienate Trump and his cult.
Omar’s statement about their call: pic.twitter.com/2RdPlOTX0t
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 29, 2021
Lauren Boebert issues a statement after she says she spoke with Ilhan Omar. pic.twitter.com/5ADst2z05z
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 29, 2021
In March 2002, Republicans were only 7 points more likely than Democrats to say Islam was more likely than other religions to encourage violence among its followers.
— Carroll Doherty (@CarrollDoherty) November 29, 2021
In August, Republicans were 40 pts more likely than Democrats to express this view.https://t.co/z0ItB6StZ3 pic.twitter.com/6Egm34GuID
.@DeanObeidallah: The deafening silence from the GOP’s leadership in response to Rep. Boebert's conduct tells you all you need to know about where today’s Republican Party stands. https://t.co/5qEFwGHwtv
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 29, 2021
16 Republicans voted against helping Afghans who aided US troops
Disgraceful. I can’t imagine why they won’t help people who helped the US.
The House voted 407-16 to pass the ALLIES Act to help Afghans who face retribution for aiding our troops. The 16 nays, all from @HouseGOP:
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 22, 2021
🚫Biggs
🚫Boebert
🚫Brooks
🚫DesJarlais
🚫Duncan
🚫Good
🚫Gosar
🚫Greene
🚫Hern
🚫Hice
🚫Massie
🚫Moore
🚫Perry
🚫Posey
🚫Rosendale
🚫Roy
The Senate gives disproportionate power to small states
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— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) July 8, 2021
Millman’s central point involves proportion:
States that represent less than 1/3 of US population now control more than 2/3 of votes in Senate
This is not what Constitutional drafters signed up for, in creating replacement for unsustainably weak Articles of Confederation
Today 41 Senate Republicans representing just 69M Americans will block the For the People Act that 225M Americans support. A system in which 69M people overrule the will of 225M people is not a functioning democracy.#AbolishTheFilibuster
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) June 22, 2021
12% of the country is represented by 41 senators – the U.S.'s (incredible outlier) system of governance empowers that 12% to block what 88% of the country wants to do. McConnell's dismissal of the legitimacy of huge swaths of voters is just the natural end result of that system https://t.co/U1GKK75xUX
— Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) June 14, 2021
End or reform the Senate filibuster
Republicans are abusing it and will prevent Democrats from passing bills that are popular and necessary.
Great explainer on the filibuster and why it needs to go, by @ewarren https://t.co/uaw6OoNn3b
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) June 22, 2021
the folk civics around the filibuster is very similar to the folk civics around the electoral college in that both are very clearly after the fact justifications for rules that make no sense and have no logical basis https://t.co/cVfRH9Bald
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 3, 2021
Ending the Senate filibuster is not a step to take likely.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 10, 2021
But it's a step we have to take, if we want to save American democracy.https://t.co/UAFwlwdvf1
Really interesting idea on filibuster reform from three excellent scholars: https://t.co/E5DZspQodq
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 7, 2021
This is a fascinating piece on the filibuster from one of the greatest congressional staffers of the past 60 years, John Stewart. He knows whereof he speaks! https://t.co/ox2hmpHB1O
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 5, 2021
There is absolutely zero doubt that the filibuster, in its modern form, is intimately tied to Jim Crow https://t.co/coq4OiSFqK
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) March 25, 2021
I have no idea if Ds will blow up the filibuster. But the anti-filibuster crowd has the momentum now (breathe @AJentleson)
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 25, 2021
We've spent a lot of time over the last few days talking to sources — & each other — ab the filibuster. Here are 5 reasons to blow it up & 5 reason not to
We crunched the numbers to show the absurd escalation of the filibuster over the past century. This isn’t tradition or what the founders intended. It’s time for #FilibusterReform – from talking cure to protecting Voting Rights to a great idea from @NormOrnstein and @alfranken. https://t.co/BABgzpct2S
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) March 19, 2021
62 House Republicans vote against bill to reduce anti-Asiam hate crimes
How can you oppose this? The thread has their names.
62 House Republicans vote against bill to combat hate crimes against Asian-Americans. It passed 364-62. The bill passed the Senate weeks ago with just Josh Hawley voting against it
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 18, 2021
The House has passed a bill to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. It now heads to President Biden's desk to be signed into law.https://t.co/mug74UIXTO
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 18, 2021
Ron Johnson keeps getting worse
YouTube suspends Ron Johnson for a week after GOP senator touts questionable drugs to fight covid-19 https://t.co/94ea1kywSK
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) June 11, 2021
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Fox last night: "By and large it was a peaceful protest." https://t.co/nc27Gn0eAs
— John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) May 20, 2021
.@SenRonJohnson continues his dangerous anti-vaccination campaign in a new column, misusing CDC data and falsely claiming he would not benefit from being vaccinated since he already contracted COVID pic.twitter.com/CckvODUgSs
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 13, 2021
Fact Checker: Ron Johnson’s unscientific use of vaccine and death data https://t.co/bcN8xksqLs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 12, 2021
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson and Tucker Carlson falsely claim that an ‘alarming number of people are dying from the vaccine.’ The CDC has not established a causal link from death to COVID-19 vaccines.https://t.co/ifDxiFuD8O
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) May 11, 2021
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson falsely suggested on a conservative radio show the vaccine has killed 3000 people and attacked the government for running commercials telling everybody to get vaccinated.
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) May 8, 2021
Johnson said he was "just asking questions." https://t.co/gka8PcEpC1 pic.twitter.com/jO3G1Qhegb
Fact-checking Sen. Ron Johnson's anti-vaccine misinformation https://t.co/09Oc0rHtVs
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 8, 2021
NEW from me, @kfile and Drew Myers: Sen. Ron Johnson repeatedly insists that he is not a climate change denier.
— em steck (@emsteck) July 6, 2021
But in early June at a luncheon, he said , "I don't know about you guys, but I think climate change is — as Lord Monckton said — bullsh*t."https://t.co/Y6yTnUwadi
The filibuster must go
Republicans will use it to block bills supported by the majority of Americans
Filibuster reformers face a big obstacle — but also have a big opportunity. A Dem poll for reformers finds shockingly widespread lack of public understanding of the filibuster. But this presents an opening to fill that vacuum and win the public argument:https://t.co/MgnhRWOU06
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 10, 2021
Over 350 historians, political scientists and scholars have come together to tell the Senate to fix the filibuster. It’s time we listen to them. We cannot allow an arcane Senate rule to deny the American people the progress that they voted for and that they need to thrive. https://t.co/o7ItfWRaRq
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) May 6, 2021
“The minority party’s motivation to block action until it can regain power has never been greater. Whatever the Senate does, our analysis shows that until the current cloture rule is changed, partisan polarization can halt the passage of most new legislation for decades to come.” https://t.co/JbUh9XLiFT
— E. K. Fleming 🇺🇸 (@1jasliz) May 2, 2021
A good look at the racist history of the filibuster for anyone (like @LeaderMcConnell) who might need it: https://t.co/BFrOpBk5qt
— Grace Meng (@Grace4NY) March 28, 2021
CNN's @abbydphillip explains history of the filibuster and how it was used, at times, to further racism. pic.twitter.com/9q7MBWWa8i
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) March 28, 2021
I have no idea if Ds will blow up the filibuster. But the anti-filibuster crowd has the momentum now (breathe @AJentleson)
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 25, 2021
We've spent a lot of time over the last few days talking to sources — & each other — ab the filibuster. Here are 5 reasons to blow it up & 5 reason not to
There is absolutely zero doubt that the filibuster, in its modern form, is intimately tied to Jim Crow https://t.co/coq4OiSFqK
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) March 25, 2021
More on the filibuster
Everyone is talking about the filibuster. I’ve gotten so many questions about what it means and where it comes from. Here's my Filibuster 101 piece https://t.co/9pZn9Pu4lm
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) March 17, 2021
"I don't think that you have to eliminate the filibuster, you have to do it what it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days," Biden said. "You had to stand up and command the floor; you had to keep talking." https://t.co/MgfU2IMjJr
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 17, 2021
reminder that mcconnell is full of crap and that the routine supermajority requirement for legislation is about 14 years old at this point. it’s not the essence of anything. https://t.co/eL6DjnIQax
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) March 13, 2021
An interesting dynamic is developing in the Manchin/SInema drama. Surely they expected there to be a robust constituency urging them on. But the fact that folks like David Brooks, Max Boot & David Frum are siding against the filibuster suggests that constituency might not exist.
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 16, 2021
Rather than encouraging compromise, the filibuster gives a skilled tactician like McConnell the ability to simply paralyze the Senate.
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) February 15, 2021
That is not power that should not be vouchsafed to this nihilistic Machiavellian. https://t.co/ucbRkGg15U
The filibuster was mortally wounded in 2013. It's only a matter of time before it formally croaks.https://t.co/Z6Ay5n6Ys3
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) August 13, 2019
Wow: Harry Reid calls for abolishing the filibuster, writing, "The filibuster is suffocating the will of the American people. To save our country's future, Democrats must abolish this arcane Senate rule." https://t.co/4ObRN0vzqh
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 12, 2019
Sad! 