King Kamala
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2021-22 What Are Those Clowns in Washington (House and Senate) Up To Now? thread
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Find your most progressive candidates this midterm. VOTE.
I meant to mention this earlier but you know this actually looks like they support the decision lmao
King Kamala
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WATCH: Jon Stewart criticizes Republicans for voting down bill to increase care for veterans exposed to burn pits
Former Talk show host turned veterans advocate, John Stewart joined a bicameral group of Democrats to call out Senate Republicans for failing to pass the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022.
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He was all over tv as well after congress failed to pass the act. His work on this stuff has been fantastic for years and years. @909 has talked about it in chat but he should think about running for office of some kind.
love to think this passes in the senate but I can't imagine it will?
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The problem becomes how one defines, in a legal sense, what an "assault weapon" is. There's easier ways to define a large capacity magazine, because you can set a limit on the amount of rounds that can be fit into it, but there are enough different kinds of inner mechanisms that can be used in a semi-automatic firearm that outlining the restrictions can become tiresome and, moreover, outdated as technological improvements happen.
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I'm glad stuff like that passes the House but it doesn't mean much if it stalls/gets shot down in the Senate.
King Kamala
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Yeah. I doubt we'll see that many Republicans flip in the Senate (maybe Pat Toomey since he's in "Screw it. I'm already leaving anyway." mode) and you have to worry about Inc's girlfriend and that ding dong Joe Manchin voting against it.
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Reading through it briefly, and it looks like the definition of "assault weapon" they're using is basically "any firearm that is not pump/lever/bolt action or a revolver." Some of the qualifications for rifles can be circumvented with a quick design change (namely that a semi-auto rifle could utilize a slanted grip that is built into the stock, which would neither qualify as a pistol grip nor a foldable/detachable stock), but the handgun parts worry me.
Not because I'm a gun nut by any means, but because I'm pro-2A for self defense purposes. Limiting one's self defense options seems counter intuitive to me, especially when previous legislation of this sort was ruled unconstitutional. Which means people found in violation of the laws that would follow this bill passing in the Senate would find themselves imprisoned over laws that have been overturned in the past and would likely be overturned again. Arguing that a weapon with a rifled barrel should be banned is, to me, a blatant misunderstanding of firearm technology over the past century.
Also, allowing law enforcement to continue using these kinds of weapons while disallowing the general populace to own them (unless previously manufactured and grandfathered in) is a push further into the over-militarization of police, which isn't a good move after the last few years.
Something needs to be done, and something along these lines is a good step, but I'm not sure I like the broad definitions contained therein.
King Kamala
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CXF’s new favorite congressman.
(it came out it was a staffer but still anyone who has people on their staff who get fired up and throw out ableist insults at trolls seems like a classic CXF type of candidate))
(it came out it was a staffer but still anyone who has people on their staff who get fired up and throw out ableist insults at trolls seems like a classic CXF type of candidate))
King Kamala
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Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski dies in car accident that also killed 2 staffers
Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski has died in a car accident that also killed two of Walorski's staffers, House Republican leaders announced Wednesday.
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Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime goal of raising taxes on wealthy investors, received nearly $1 million over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose taxes would...
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King Kamala
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Graham's abortion ban stuns Senate GOP
His past, less conservative pitch won him some Democratic votes. But most Republicans stiff-armed him Tuesday as they face abortion-rights backers ascendant after Roe's reversal.
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I have no clue what he's thinking. Republicans should be focusing on inflation, housing/rent prices and the economy. Making the upcoming election about abortion is the absolute worst thing they could do.
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I believe the thinking is to stake out 15 weeks as a "reasonable" limit in order to claw back votes from moderate voters & to force Dems to vote against said "reasonable" limit & look out of touch with the general populace. It's called the "Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act", so yeah.
King Kamala
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15 weeks isn’t a late term abortion though.
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Graham sponsored a bill with an acronym that starts with PP CUC?
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I could kill some wontons rn.
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Dishonest politician? Why, I never!
I love wontons, why did I read this at almost midnight? Now I'm hungry.
King Kamala
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I think that's part of why everyone thinks it's such a gaffe. If he said 20 weeks, Idk if it's a slam dunk but it has a better argument IMO.
Wall Street just had its worst day since June 2020 while Biden was bragging about how the economy was back is on track and it should be an easy slam dunk for the Rs but South Carolina's gentleman bachelor just helped snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Senate delays same-sex marriage vote until after midterms
The decision comes as bipartisan negotiators hoped for a vote as soon as Monday but faced trouble lining up 10 Republicans to break a filibuster.
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The base will then be forced to get out and vote (in theory) to ensure the votes are there to make such a move.I'm not sure why Democrats strategy of "playing it safe" is "Don't do anything that will fire up the base."Senate delays same-sex marriage vote until after midterms
The decision comes as bipartisan negotiators hoped for a vote as soon as Monday but faced trouble lining up 10 Republicans to break a filibuster.
The GOP had the opposite problem as it was stated right away when the Roe/Wade overturn was looming that the GOP was losing a major source of fundraising by not being able to appeal to the religious nuts.
King Kamala
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Democrats 1973 to 2021: PROTECT ROE V WADE...VOTE!
Democrats 2022: Ah shit. Didn't think they were actually gonna do that. Uh...VOTE!
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'It concerns me a lot': Republicans anxious about cash-strapped NRSC amid Scott's feud with McConnell | CNN Politics
GOP senators are privately alarmed at the cash problems facing Sen. Rick Scott's National Republican Senatorial Committee, uneasy over his feud with Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and worried that their internal issues could undercut their already difficult road back to the majority this fall.
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Democrats raise more money than Republicans in 9 out of 10 competitive Senate races, channeling voter 'energy' after Roe overturned
Democratic candidates have an advantage in total money raised in nine out of the 10 Senate races viewed as truly competitive contests.
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King Kamala
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Yeah, Republican fundraising has crashed since Roe Vs Wade got overturned. I'm sure Snuffy will accurately point out that they have way more DARK MONEY than the Democrats though.