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Senate to NOT take up coronavirus bill until AFTER recess (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 OP
Bet they get an earful from voters... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #1
Sure. They need to count the dead first. defacto7 Mar 2020 #2
Keep them in session! True Blue American Mar 2020 #3
Great. It'll probably get lost among all the other bills languishing on McConnell's desk. CrispyQ Mar 2020 #4
What the ever loving fuck. Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #5
Yup. And send all this Republican "brethren" with him. Guilded Lilly Mar 2020 #11
This is a decision by McConnell and Trump..(and no one else) Stuart G Mar 2020 #6
Just the message Boy. Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #17
Are you effing serious? malaise Mar 2020 #7
For this we should have a heinous page. House of Roberts Mar 2020 #21
You made me laugh malaise Mar 2020 #22
+1000! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2020 #44
Deliberate decision to kill Americans. THEY DON'T CARE. Claritie Pixie Mar 2020 #8
Head in sand.... Historic NY Mar 2020 #9
How many people will die in that time? Autumn Mar 2020 #10
Well they just want to tie a bow on it for a Democratic takeover of the Senate, don't they? Pacifist Patriot Mar 2020 #12
It's not like it's a pandemic or anything. spanone Mar 2020 #13
Unbelievable. This should be in giant letters front page every news site. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #14
because vacation and we have no emergency crisis. These people are librechik Mar 2020 #15
WHAT THE... Alacritous Crier Mar 2020 #16
This is the stupidest, most inhuman, most indecent decision Trump/McConnell have ever made. Stuart G Mar 2020 #18
Too fucking late JCMach1 Mar 2020 #19
I wish they had a vaginal probe shoved so far up their asses they could never shit again. SamKnause Mar 2020 #20
Wouldn't work Midnightwalk Mar 2020 #30
Yes, but that is verbal diarrhea. SamKnause Mar 2020 #31
Trump-Republicons own this who crisis. Together. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #23
the repuke assholes are hoping this will "all blow over" by then. Javaman Mar 2020 #24
Joe will talk about it - Bernie will still be muttering NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #25
Remember - leftieNanner Mar 2020 #42
Sure hope so. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #45
Stupid fuckers. God, how fucking clueless can you be. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #26
Wash your hands and walk away, Mitch. Harker Mar 2020 #27
CNN just flashed that the Senate recess is CANCELLED. djacq Mar 2020 #28
How many fetuses will die from covid and bed shortages Midnightwalk Mar 2020 #29
You better believe the recess was cancelled. crickets Mar 2020 #32
No real hurry, eh? keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #33
The HYDE AMENDMENT?! Hekate Mar 2020 #34
How reassuring. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #35
Every .... Senator with an (R) ads JT45242 Mar 2020 #36
Senator Murray tried to call for an immediate vote on a House bill yesterday leftieNanner Mar 2020 #43
The Senate is useless Nasruddin Mar 2020 #37
Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned DallasNE Mar 2020 #38
More likely Nero played the lyre... Harker Mar 2020 #39
McConnell is such a selfish moron constitutional lawbreaker enabler mdbl Mar 2020 #40
Get on the phone!!! McKim Mar 2020 #41
Doubling time central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #46

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
6. This is a decision by McConnell and Trump..(and no one else)
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:05 PM
Mar 2020

Lamar Alexander is just the delivery boy who brought in the news.

House of Roberts

(5,162 posts)
21. For this we should have a heinous page.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:18 PM
Mar 2020

Not great, but certainly important.
Who knew we'd need a heinous page, until Trump?

Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts)
44. +1000!
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:05 PM
Mar 2020

You can suggest that in Ask the Admins. I agree that we need one. Even in a national emergency, they remain politically partisan and petty, regardless of the potentially disastrous effects on the American people. McConnell is cut from the same evil cloth as Trump.

librechik

(30,673 posts)
15. because vacation and we have no emergency crisis. These people are
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:20 PM
Mar 2020

worst sludgy crap on earth. I'm looking at you, Lamar Alexander! YOU should demand action!

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
18. This is the stupidest, most inhuman, most indecent decision Trump/McConnell have ever made.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:41 PM
Mar 2020

It also shows that the Republican Party doesn't give a damn. But I think that this decision will be changed as the word gets out.

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
20. I wish they had a vaginal probe shoved so far up their asses they could never shit again.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:57 PM
Mar 2020

I hate these despicable evil fuckers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NoMoreRepugs

(9,371 posts)
25. Joe will talk about it - Bernie will still be muttering
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:31 PM
Mar 2020

and waving his arms about the 1%.

January 20th is a lifetime from now. The destruction to our Democracy will be unimaginable by then IMO.

djacq

(1,633 posts)
28. CNN just flashed that the Senate recess is CANCELLED.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:35 PM
Mar 2020

Amazing how Moscow Mitch reacts when he's caught passing the buck.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
29. How many fetuses will die from covid and bed shortages
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:41 PM
Mar 2020

But let’s wait and see how badly we can overwhelm our hospitals before we get serious about doing something.

If there are no ICU beds it won’t matter why you need the bed. Everyone will be subject to whatever triage rules are followed.

The 2001 attacks created a two tier security system where first class travelers got a shorter line. I knew we were screwed when the country accepted that. I’m not complaining about precheck by the way which had a legitimate argument.

Will we wind up with a two tier ICU system? Pay 10k a day in cash and you jump the line. I think people might balk at that but who knows.

JT45242

(2,246 posts)
36. Every .... Senator with an (R) ads
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:07 PM
Mar 2020

Every extra death...
Every family that gets evicted...
Every car that gets repossessed...
Every extra day for someone in the hospital...
Every family that cannot eat because they cannot work or collect unemployment and chose medicine or rent over food...

Every one of these needs to be laid on McConnell, Ernst, and every Senator with an (R) in their screen shot.

Chuck and the Dem leadersneed a resolution calling for a vote and postponing recess so that every last one of these heartless bastards can show that they are more afraid of an angry tweet than the deaths of their constituents.

leftieNanner

(15,062 posts)
43. Senator Murray tried to call for an immediate vote on a House bill yesterday
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 03:01 PM
Mar 2020

And Lamar shot it down.

GEEZ!

Nasruddin

(750 posts)
37. The Senate is useless
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:11 PM
Mar 2020

Everyone in a state with an (R) running for Senate this year should know what to do.

After Nov we should take up the task of working on a constitutional amendment to follow the late John Dingell's recommendation, or something similar. I personally would like (instead) the Senate to look more like the way Germany elects the Bundestag, but there may be other ways worth considering.

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
38. Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:21 PM
Mar 2020

McConnell's time to fiddle while the stock market Burns and people die. You now own it McConnell.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
40. McConnell is such a selfish moron constitutional lawbreaker enabler
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:46 PM
Mar 2020

There is really nothing else for me to say about him.

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