Dems seem to have outplayed GOP on the Covid delay.

[Nevilledog]

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Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
Dems seem to have outplayed GOP on the Covid delay. After the all-night reading, @ChrisVanHollen simply got up, proposed shortening the debate from 20 hours to 3 and no Republican including @RonJohnsonWI was around to contest. In the end, the dramatic Bill reading delayed nothing
7:15 AM · Mar 5, 2021

[jcgoldie]

1. I mean if they were serious about dragging shit out...

...doesn't it seem like they would make sure SOMEONE was continuously present in the chamber??

[UpInArms]

4. It is just the Qpublican normal shitshow

They don’t care ... they just want to stick their sticks in the spokes of progress ...

[blm]

6. So effin true

[Codifer]

31. So true.

But you misspelled "dicks".

[UpInArms]

32. Lol!

Thanks for the correction

[PunksMom]

43. Lol!

[azureblue]

38. and they don't care

That people are dying while they play their little games.

[movingviolation]

44. That's what grinds my gears.

[DownriverDem]

40. Can folks now

stop attacking Dems? You either win on the process or with votes. We need more votes in the House and Senate.

[BComplex]

2. Why didn't they take that opportunity to vote to do away with the fillibuster?

Hell! Why didn't they just pass HR1 while they were short on republicans?

[TheRickles]

8. Good questions! Would Congressional protocol have actually allowed those votes to be taken?

What's the quorum requirement, etc.? It may be something to keep in mind for "next time".

[Mike 03]

11. Haha! I don't know about the parliamentary rules on this, but I

LOVE this idea.

Maybe next time we can trick them into a similar situation and get those two things done. (They would do it to us!)

[speak easy]

14. I don't know Senate procedure,

but I believe if there was a dawn raid to end the filibuster, Manchin would quit the party.

[riversedge]

30. Dems can not end the fili without Manchin. They need him plus Harri to break the tie.

[Maraya1969]

48. I wish for just once they would strong arm Manchin like Trump strong armed his

henchmen. I usually don't even think like this but getting rid of the filibuster would be such a benefit for the American people.

[soldierant]

49. I am old enough and lave lived in CO ling enough to remember

when Ben Nighthorse Campbell switched parties because he became exhausted with Dems leaning on him to be more Dem and less centrist.

If Manchin were to do that, Mitch NcCennell will be Senate Majority Leader.

No thanks.

If we can pick up enough seats in 2022, that will be different.

[Trueblue1968]

50. Add Washington DC and Puerto Rico !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rpannier]

51. Just DC for now

PR is more conservative
Their House rep is republikkan leaning I think (either he is or the gov is)

[CaptainTruth]

24. Did they have a quorum?

A single Senator can apparently propose a change to debate time without a quorum, as Van Hollen did, but they certainly can't pass a bill without a quorum.

[DownriverDem]

41. They don't

have the votes. Please focus.

[Hotler]

3. Looks like Mitch and his team get shit McMuffins for breakfast.

I love it, well played Senator VanHollen.

[lagomorph777]

5. I literally just laughed out loud.

[taxi]

7. Oh that burns!

[malaise]

9. Love it

Rec

[sheshe2]

10. Bazinga! 😊

[tanyev]

12. LOL.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Being on the side of popularity and competence made this easy

[spanone]

15. absolutely, mitch was outplayed.

[Nevilledog]

19. And the GOP just lost 17 hours of video clips of their lies

[spanone]

20. Fantastic.

[tavernier]

16. Brilliant!

Well played!!

[lark]

17. Love Chris VanHollen's brilliant move.

Love the sound of democracy in the morning.

[Bo Zarts]

18. The GOPers were all home .. in bed .. drunk as lords.

[Johnny2X2X]

21. This is so great

Exactly what the Reps would have done.

Voterama could last all weekend, but they can probably force an end to that too. This will be passed this weekend is my guess, and then the House will take their final vote on Monday. Would be great to see it signed Monday or Tuesday in the Oval Office. No need to drag it out until the deadline and cause so much anxiety for people counting on the relief.

[niyad]

22. And here is a moment of joy for this day. Happily wiping off my monitor!

[lastlib]

23. YOMANK!*

(*You Owe Me A New Keyboard!)

That caused a serious coffee spew! Love it!!

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[CaptainTruth]

25. Van Hollen should form a band.

'Cuz he's a rock star.

[BobTheSubgenius]

29. He is!

What a sick move!

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. Luckily, the idiot who launched this turd either didn't understand procedural rules,

didn't care enough to see it through, or was missing cozy time in his jammies. Getting into his jammies drowned out....I was going to say "all other thoughts," but I guess that would be overstating it. Drowned out the other thought he is close to being able to carry simultaneously is closer to the mark.

[Jon King]

27. Thank goodness our enemies are not more competent...

The nitwits storming the Capitol, Trump's kids, their members of Congress.....the good thing is they are pretty much incompetent and dumb as rocks. And as the Dunning-Kruger effect shows, the very dumbest have no clue that they are dumb.

With the system completely rigged in their favor and every single advantage, they still manage to lose. Its amazing the damage they did even while being incompetent dimwits, scary to think what they could accomplished if they were smarter.

In the end, America will be saved because the people seeking to destroy democracy are among our most incompetent.

[riversedge]

28. I was just going to post this. Love it. makes my day. Hey RoJO--you sleeping in today??

[Nevilledog]

37. Video

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[liberalla]

33. Nice start to the day! Yeah Chris Van Hollen!

[MoonlitKnight]

34. I saw that and was wondering if I heard it correctly.

If it really cut the debate time that much it sure helps. Still have to deal with tons of amendments.

[Joinfortmill]

35. Time to fix the fillibuster.

[Lucinda]

36. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[keithbvadu2]

39. So this was not important enough for Ron to stick around.

So this was not important enough for Ron to stick around.

[Peacetrain]

42. They just cannot get out of their own way

serves them right!!

[MiHale]

45. So much hoisting and blown up by petards...it is quite jovial...

We can’t get smug probably more stunts on hand.

But oh this feels so good.

[Blue Owl]

46. Suck on that MoRon Johnson you piece of shit

[Hassler]

47. Ron Johnson, traitor from Wisconsin, once again the dumbest senator.

[Deminpenn]

52. That is hilarious

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