Comment on How Every Senator Voted on the Iran War Powers Resolution

coalie@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you are focusing on Fetterman while you ignore Dem’s dragging their feet on this for two weeks…

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The committee is both parties, with the majority party having the ability to ensure no hearings take place if they want… Which they did. The point of such was obviously because they didn’t want anyone trying to be swayed into thinking war was bad. The Democrats couldn’t force the vote to happen sooner than it did, Kaine forced it to happen as only 1 member of Congress has to call it, and after that it is irrelevant if any more call for it, as it is already set to occur.

    At No point could Kaine or the Democrats in the committee said let’s have this vote tomorrow. It was going to wait 10 days unless the Republicans on the comitee wanted otherwise, and every Republican on the comitee voted the same way.

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    • Tinidril@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The usual Democratic Bullshit. Faced with the choice of trying to pressure vulnerable Republicans or help delay the vote, they helped delay the vote. This blood is as much on Democratic leadership’s hands as the Republicans.

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