So if this is the job interview process for the job of US Senator, and you have a guy who doesn't show up for work at their current job, who in their right mind would vote to give that person a promotion? #Texans do deserve someone who represents their interests and I hope they see right through this.
James Talarico says "Texans deserve a US Senator who's going to represent their interests."
He has missed 800+ votes as a state representative.
If you don't show up to work, how is Talarico going to represent Texans in Congress?
You know the real reason why Democrats are calling for Eric Swalwell to drop out of the California governor’s race?
They know Republicans could win, with Democrats splitting their votes.
How do we know?
Democrats aren’t calling for Swalwell to resign from his House seat.
@JoyceWhiteVance If this is even true, it makes me proud we have a president who proves time and again that he can walk and chew gum at the same time. Unlike predecessors who could do neither.
The Senate GOP has exactly two options if it wants to avoid drifting into irrelevance and a stunning loss in November:
(1) Keep the filibuster and 60-vote cloture rule fully intact, but stand ready to overcome Senate Democrats’ unprecedented pattern of obstruction by aggressively enforcing the “talking filibuster”—a move that would require senators to work longer, harder hours and take fewer recesses, but lead to more thoughtful, careful deliberation in the legislative process,
OR
(2) Nuke the filibuster.
I strongly prefer the first option.
But we must choose either one or the other—because the status quo isn’t working and the resulting inertia isn’t just making it impossible to pursue a coherent agenda; it’s hurting the American people.
What’s your preference?
The Senate GOP has exactly two options if it wants to avoid drifting into irrelevance and a stunning loss in November:
(1) Keep the filibuster and 60-vote cloture rule fully intact, but stand ready to overcome Senate Democrats’ unprecedented pattern of obstruction by aggressively enforcing the “talking filibuster”—a move that would require senators to work longer, harder hours and take fewer recesses, but lead to more thoughtful, careful deliberation in the legislative process,
OR
(2) Nuke the filibuster.
I strongly prefer the first option.
But we must choose either one or the other—because the status quo isn’t working and the resulting inertia isn’t just making it impossible to pursue a coherent agenda; it’s hurting the American people.
What’s your preference?
We need to keep the full court press on the Senate leadership. They are the problem here. Not the Dems. This is about as bipartisan and popular with regular Americans as anything can get. Pass the #SaveAmericaAct already!
People keep saying that a talking filibuster lets Democrats offer "unlimited amendments" to the SAVE America Act. But that's not quite right. And it's become an excuse for not using one.
🚨 JUST IN: Scott Presler has just FLOODED patriot support for the SAVE America Act in John Thune's home state of South Dakota
TONS of married women are there — the same people Democrats claim are "TOO DUMB" to prove they can vote
Pass SAVE America! 🇺�
If you really want to spice up the SAVE America Act debate and the talking filibuster, have Trump exercise his rights under Rule XIX(8) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, which requires the Senate to let all former presidents address the Senate upon demand (yes, he is currently president, but remember he is also a former president).
Imagine Trump rolling into the Senate mid-Democrat filibuster and taking over the whole place. Must-see TV.
@LeaderJohnThune What say you? Explain to me how this is not the case. Otherwise, I am left to believe that you and your cronies are beholden to someone other than the American people and values.
Understand what Thune is doing right now. It’s not enough for him to kill the SAVE America Act. Thune has to kill it while also protecting his worst RINO colleagues from being
exposed for opposing it.
How does Thune accomplish his? By avoiding a simple majority vote at all costs. Thune knows a public vote where Republicans get less than 50 votes—with people like Tillis and Curtis and McConnell and Murkowski voting against IT—is electoral poison. He doesn’t want it to pass, but he also can’t have it die at the hands of his own puke colleagues.
So how does Thune do this? By refusing to move to the already-passed House bill (this only requires a simple majority because the House message is privileged) and instead moving to a new, standalone Senate bill. A new Senate bill is not privileged, and therefore the motion to proceed to it is debatable, meaning it requires 60 votes.
Thune needs to kill the SAVE America Act, not expose any of his GOP colleagues as being against it, and be able to pretend that he tried. This is the actual Senate GOP trifecta—doing nothing while pretending they tried everything and protecting the worst of the worst the whole time.
So when you watch the GOP Senate bring up a brand new SAVE America Act bill and hold a single vote on a motion that needs 60 to pass, know that they’re doing it because they think you’re stupid.
@jamiedupree@EdwardK97329@clsteele70 "No other business" is a lame excuse. The Save America Act is THE business that the vast majority of America wants done. It is worth everything else being set aside.
@JohnCornyn@DHSgov@POTUS@SenateGOP You talk big, Senator. Let's get it done already. Pass the #SaveAmericaAct. No need to change any rules. There is no other business more important for the Senate to take up.
Respectfully, no rules change is needed. The talking filibuster has been a vital part of debate since the inception of the Senate. All that is required now is a spine on the part of the majority to make the Demonrats follow through with their threat to filibuster and make their case to the to the people they claim to represent on the Senate floor. Actually have a debate. We sincerely question your loyalties Senator.
Democrats are weaponizing the Senate’s rules to block the SAVE America Act, defund @DHSgov, & hurt the American people to spite @POTUS.
@SenateGOP can either let Dems keep obstructing & smash the filibuster the first chance they get, or we can act now & use the mandate the American people gave @realDonaldTrump & Republicans to secure our elections, protect our homeland, & bring back common sense.
Democrats started this fight. I support whatever changes to Senate rules are necessary to finish it and pass the SAVE America Act.
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