· @volkris
60 followers · 3201 posts · Server qoto.orgWhen talking about the McConnell legacy we NEED to address the misinformation that kept him in office, and interfered with so much other functioning of the Senate, from SCOTUS nominations through legislative progress.
Under Senate rules, not even the majority leader has free hand to dictate what happens.
We’ve had a generation of this myth that McConnell had such power, when he absolutely didn’t. BUT, it was a win-win-win-win to promote that myth.
D’s got to blame McConnell for their own failures, and fundraise off of his specter, R’s had McConnell get them out of tricky votes, the press got a ton of sensational stories out of the whole thing, and McConnell himself gained reelection without challenge.
All because we overlook that a simple majority of senators can override McConnell, just like any other senator, if they really wanted to.
It’s been sad to watch. Can we finally tear him, and the leader position, down now?
#senate #parliamentaryprocedure #uspolitics #mcconnell
Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
171 followers · 8039 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caJezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Nebraska Lawmakers Shielded 'Clearly Ill' Colleague Who Left the Hospital to Help Ban Abortion https://jezebel.com/nebraska-lawmakers-shielded-clearly-ill-colleague-who-l-1850462106 #Jezebel #parliamentaryprocedure #machaelacavanaugh #louannlinehan #legislatures #filibuster #julieslama #paulhammel #meganhunt #jimpillen #politics #contents #bill #lb
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U.S. Politics in Real Time · @uspolitics
2721 followers · 2201 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgJim Jordan Freaks Out When Dem Confronts Him With House Rules
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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
145 followers · 6561 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caJezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Nebraska Democrat Is Accused of Ethics Violation in Opposing Anti-Trans Bill https://jezebel.com/nebraska-democrat-is-accused-of-ethics-violation-in-opp-1850383156 #Jezebel #filibusterintheunitedstatessenate #parliamentaryprocedure #machaelacavanaugh #socialissues #davidbegley #wendydeboer #filibuster #tombrandt #meganhunt
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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
79 followers · 4632 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caJezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Nebraska State Senators Deliver Master Class in Dealing With Anti-Trans Bills https://jezebel.com/two-nebraska-state-senators-deliver-master-class-in-dea-1850262786 #Jezebel #filibusterintheunitedstatessenate #parliamentaryprocedure #machaelacavanaugh #kathleenkauth #legislatures #marieclaire #shaniatwain #filibuster #meganhunt #janetmock #politics #contents #caldwell
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