Senators who care about this country need to use all procedural tools available to them to stall Trump’s agenda and force them to negotiate. He is speeding our country down a cruel, corrupt and authoritarian path, and we cannot leave any option to slow him down on the table.
That means using quorum calls, objecting to unanimous consent, forcing his supporters to object to unanimous consent, demanding recorded votes, refusing to waive rules, fighting adjournments, using Congressional Review Act resolutions to force votes, putting more holds on nominees, and forcing all nominees to get hearings and individual votes – whatever time-consuming measures the rules allow.
If you are not willing to do everything in your power right now, when will you be? Medicaid and Social Security are under attack, they’re dismantling public services, they’re breaking the law to steal money for billionaires, they’re blatantly violating court orders and our constitutional rights, they’re trying to put your colleagues in prison and deploying Marines against the American people. That’s already happening. What line would Trump need to cross before you treat this as an emergency?
I would like someone from your office to reach out and tell me, because no answer is not acceptable.
First sent on June 12 by Joe Katz from Rogan's List
