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[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Schumer did manage to get GOP leadership to agree to hold a vote to ensure that the D.C.'s budget did not suffer a $1 billion cut. The House's bill was written to include the budget reduction, sparking concern.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Did they even ask for anything? Not that they would have gotten it, I just bet they didn't even ask for anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

They weren’t even invited to any meeting to ask for anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

No, they didn’t.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

“Who else are you gonna vote for” - ten democrats, probably

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Some of them are not up for reelection for many years. They might be banking on most people forgetting about this, and they may be right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

They are right. Americans are idiots and we deserve every bit of suffering we’ll get.

Fuck this country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Let’s not get discouraged and push for the Democratic senators to elect a new leader.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Push them where? Off a cliff? I’m down for that.

My senator doesn’t give a fuck what I think. Elect a new leader? Why? So they can roll over, too?

I’m way the fuck past discouraged. Burn it all.

43 fucking years the Dems have been like this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Elect a new leader so we get one that will not roll over. When you say burn it all, you do not encompass the damage it will do for generations to come.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Senate democrats have never in my entire life elected a leader who didn’t fold like a cheap card table. I’ve had decades of disappointment and excuses.

Generational damage is already being done. And is being allowed by Senate Democrats being a bunch of feckless assholes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Democratic Sens. Richard Durbin (Ill.), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) (Nev.) all voted "yes" in addition to Schumer, — as did Maine's Angus King, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Man I’m sure glad I called Fetterman.

That wasn’t a waste of my goddamn time nosirree

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Unfortunately the only thing getting through to Fetterman at this point is more brain damage. What a waste of potential.

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