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Democrats!Link to tweet
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Dems seem to have outplayed GOP on the Covid delay. After the all-night reading, @ChrisVanHollen simply got up, proposed shortening the debate from 20 hours to 3 and no Republican including @RonJohnsonWI was around to contest. In the end, the dramatic Bill reading delayed nothing
9:15 AM · Mar 5, 2021
JohnSJ
(92,410 posts)mcar
(42,376 posts)It happened at about 2 a.m. The 2 of them hung around that long, waiting for the reading to finish and Johnson to leave the floor.
JohnSJ
(92,410 posts)No doubt they are going to throw out a lot of worthless and destructive amendments which will get voted down unless they are actually good things, which I doubt, because the republicans will be doing it to delay things
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)At least we have one Senator from WI thats not an obstructionist!
Kingofalldems
(38,486 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Walleye
(31,057 posts)sybylla
(8,526 posts)And there were no GQP puppets around to object. So it passed.
sheshe2
(83,925 posts)Out maneuvered 🤣😂🤣
33taw
(2,448 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,827 posts)33taw
(2,448 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,827 posts)wryter2000
(46,082 posts)Maybe Beto next time.
Comfortably_Numb
(3,827 posts)AllyCat
(16,226 posts)dsc
(52,166 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,938 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(43,198 posts)...and was scratching my head as to what their "plan" was.
ChazInAz
(2,572 posts)I was thinking of LBJ.
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)I'm old, cold, and wolves are after me.
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I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Grammy23
(5,813 posts)So give it your best shot. We can figure a countermove if this is how you have to play to win. Ya big galoop. (With credit to Bugs Bunny, I think.)
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The Democrats absolutely need to have someone study up on the arcana of the rules of order and use them as a cudgel against the Republicans. For far too long, Democrats have been steam-rolled by procedural shenanigans and for whatever reason not using those very tactics against Republicans: "There goes Senator Vaporbrain; there's no Republicans in the chamber at all is there? We still in session? Great. I ask unanimous consent to limit debate time to three hours." "Without objection, so ordered." "See y'all tomor--er later today."
usaf-vet
(6,212 posts)calimary
(81,500 posts)We need to fight this like were literally on war footing, because with opposition like this, thats exactly where we ARE.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,567 posts)Another nod to Bugs.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)FSogol
(45,529 posts)sarchasm
(1,012 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,145 posts)Maybe even a medal of freedom...
marble falls
(57,246 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)aggiesal
(8,924 posts)I'm calculating that the (D)'s gained 6 hours on the (R)'s stall tactics.
Way to go.
dchill
(38,539 posts)mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)That's gotta hurt, Sen Johnson.
keithbvadu2
(36,922 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,602 posts)Favorite songs include:
Ron Johnson's Crying
We Really Got You
Read The Night Away
AllyCat
(16,226 posts)niyad
(113,581 posts)bringthePaine
(1,733 posts)George II
(67,782 posts).....to a total of 3 hours.
Did you hear what Schumer said this morning? After thanking the clerks and the staff, he said "I hope our friend from Wisconsin enjoyed his Thursday evening!" (forget if he said "enjoyed" or "had a nice", but he zinged him anyway)
Blue Owl
(50,507 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)20 hours debate vs 3 hours of debate +11 hours of reading.
I have no doubt Voterama will be long, but it's not stopping anything and the Reps will regret it, they're making it clear they want to stop a bill that 78% of the country supports.
wryter2000
(46,082 posts)Boggles the mind.
Hekate
(90,827 posts)gab13by13
(21,408 posts)they already have 100 amendments to vote down, with more probably to come.