Originally published at: Most House Dems Still Opposed to Helping Fund DHS - TPM – Talking Points Memo
After discussions with the White House, Senate Democrats were successful in convincing their Republican colleagues to split up a six-bill appropriations package into two chunks that passed the upper chamber in a 71-29 vote on Friday evening. Now the package — a five-bill appropriations minibus plus a two-week continuing resolution on funding the Department of…
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If you work for the public, you are accountable to the public. Your home address and your username on the dating apps might be considered private, but your name and face are not. Certainly not while you’re doing the work at the public.
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So, Republicans want to “pass a law” that “noncitizens” cannot vote in Federal elections. This ought to be grounds to vote them out, since this has already been the law of the land for centuries.
Somebody ought to tell their constituents about it.
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Here’s the thing for me:
The existing red Reprehensibles aren’t blind to what happened in Texas this weekend with the two special elections. They can’t be blind to it, because it’s coming for them.
Massie will probably lead a small contingent of colleagues that are smart enough to see the handwriting on the wall that says they may be looking for work in early 2027 because they’re getting kicked out in 2026.
We don’t need many to switch sides on this and it’s real popular in public opinion on both sides of the aisle. I know they have the power to disappoint us yet again and the seven Dems that did the deed two weeks ago have most likely gotten an earful. I don’t count on Jeffries to do the right thing with his caucus, even though more recently he’s been a bit fired up.
But this thing has to drag on for a bit and the Dems have to get the things they want out of this if it’s going to pass. No more of this, well, pass it now and we’ll talk later. No, sir.
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Thank you for starting a new comment thread. A live stream should restart each day. One person’s opinion