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[NOT an April Fools] The republicans are planning to sidestep parliamentarian on current policy. [More inside] (www.commondreams.org)

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Schumer breaks news to Booker on Senate floor that Republicans are planning to sidestep parliamentarian on current policy.

“They don’t care anymore about norms, about rules, and even about going nuclear,” he says

Booker says it’s “further breaking of the Senate”

“Next time around, there’s no going back now”

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[-] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 84 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

a party of clowns

"They found a way around the parliamentarian. They found a way around the rules of the Senate. They found a way around the ideals of reconciliation," Booker said of congressional Republicans. "They are deciding that the way we're gonna do this is break the Senate and make up our own rules. This is how they're gonna get a bill through that gives trillions [of] dollars of tax cuts to the wealthiest in our country who are doing very well."

While refusing to "hate on" wealthy Americans, Booker also had a message for them: "You don't need tax cuts, especially not that are gonna be given to you on the backs of the poor, on the backs of our elders, on the backs of our children, on the backs of expectant mothers, on the backs of my mom's, your mom's Social Security."

'They found a way around the parliamentarian. They found a way around the rules of the Senate. They found a way around the ideals of reconciliation' should be a site tagline

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 78 points 2 days ago

My favorite part of this is that whenever anyone brought up the idea of “just ignore the parliamentarian” when Dems were in control, the response from the establishment was always, “we can’t do that, it would just give Republicans license to do the same.” And then the Republicans go ahead and do it anyways.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 38 points 2 days ago

It's infuriating how Democrats always use this excuse. If Republicans think they can get away with murdering or imprisoning every Democrat, they will murder and imprison every Democrat. This has been obvious for decades Republicans don't care about norms or decorum. They care about wielding power.

Obama did this shit with the ACA. Clinton got himself impeached while Newt was pulling the same sexual misconduct. Carter let Nixon undermine the Vietnam treaty. The list goes on and on and we haven't even talked about state or city-level shenanigans.

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

At least LBJ was spying on the republicans first

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 2 days ago

It's almost like it's obvious to anyone that the Republicans would do it just like they changed the rules for supreme court rules. And any other rule that gets in their way.

But it's not like the dems actually want to make progress so makes sense they'd ignore those facts

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 2 days ago

Bet that if the Supreme Court rules something against Trump wishes he put 5 new judges there.

[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 66 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They found a way around the rules of the Senate.

As far as the constitution is concerned, the only rule in the Senate is that the Senate makes the rules. If you hold a majority and the "rules" prevent you from doing something, you can literally just change the rules.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 51 points 2 days ago

The fact that many sitting democrats seem to not understand this is infuriating. I know they’re paid not to understand it, but I do think some of them genuinely do not understand that.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 days ago

We seem to have reached some stage of political development where most elected officials are not Machiavellian plotters, but rather, they're true believers. We see the same thing happening with Republicans as they cut government institutions that US power and market stability relies on, simply because they're deep state and woke.