Rep. Cori Bush to sleep outside the Capitol building tonight, protesting end of eviction moratorium

[bigtree]

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 10m
New: Tonight, Rep. Cori Bush will sleep outside the U.S. Capitol building in an appeal to her colleagues in Congress to return to Washington and vote to extend the federal eviction moratorium.

Cori Bush @CoriBush 18m
Many of my Democratic colleagues chose to go on vacation early today rather than staying to vote to keep people in their homes.

I’ll be sleeping outside the Capitol tonight. We’ve still got work to do.

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[MustLoveBeagles]

1. K&R

[Deuxcents]

2. Another strong woman

Showing the Congress-men how it’s done. I salute her and her conviction to this issue.

[AZProgressive]

3. K&R

[Gore1FL]

4. I am proud to have voted for her in the primaries and the general.

Don't get me wrong; I loved William Lacy Clay as my rep. Cori Bush seemed like she could be better than he was. So I voted for her. Then I voted for her again. I was, apparently, correct.

[crickets]

5. I admire her for doing this.

I Lived in My Car and Now I’m in Congress. We Need to Solve America’s Housing Crisis.
https://time.com/6085841/cori-bush-homelessness-crisis/

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Bravo! (nt)

[BeckyDem]

7. +1. Doing her job, working for the people.

Bless you.

[George II]

8. Is there a bill introduced to extend the moratorium?

[TheProle]

11. No

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142778057

[George II]

13. So it's not the fault of those who are being blamed (i.e., President Biden), it the fault of those..

...whose job is to introduce legislation, lobby for it, and get it passed.

[TheProle]

20. That is correct

[Polybius]

27. It's most certainly his fault

Pelosi told reporters Friday following the defeat that the extension of the eviction moratorium failed in part due to the last-minute notice from the White House about the need for Congress to fix the issue with legislation.

"Really, we only learned about this yesterday. Not really enough time to socialize it within our caucus to build ... the consensus necessary," Pelosi said. "We've had beautiful conversations with our members ... when it comes, though, to the technicalities of legislation, we just need more time."

[George II]

28. The Supreme Court decided a month ago that the July extension would be the last permitted without...

....congressional action.

I see people dwell on that one statement of Pelosi's, which is being blown way out of proportion.

[lapucelle]

32. The correct answer to "Is there a bill introduced to extend the moritorium?" is yes.

It's Maxine Waters' bill. It was introduced on July 29 and had 100 Democratic co-sponsors that very day. Two more cosponsors signed on July 30.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4791/cosponsors

[soldierant]

12. Speaker Pelosi has askedthe CDC to extend it.

Besides Rep.Cori "Hero" Bush, that's the only direct action I'm aware of.

[Gaugamela]

14. Who is calling her Rep. Cori "Hero" Bush?

[soldierant]

19. I am. She's my hero.

[Jose Garcia]

30. The courts have already ruled that the CDC doesn't have that authority

Only Congress gave give it that power.

[bahboo]

9. she is seriously badass....

love her...

[ancianita]

10. Wow. One badass Democrat.

I hope others join her and that she'll be safe. But that's the whole point she makes about the unhoused, isn't it.

[WarGamer]

15. good for her...

This innate compassion is what makes Democrats, the political LEFT so special.

The "others" just don't give a shit about anyone other than themselves and their "group".

[Treefrog]

16. Sadly, last time I was in DC I saw many, many people sleeping on the streets.

Not as many as I’ve seen in LA or Seattle, but they’re everywhere.

[Rhiannon12866]

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[KatK]

18. Huzzah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[bigtree]

21. good morning

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[BeckyDem]

23. K&R

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. K&R. The pandemic is about to get a lot worse.

[marie999]

24. I can not write what I think of the Democrats that would rather be on vacation

then helping people. I know they have to go home to work on their reelection but this really bothers me.

[bigtree]

25. "Cori Bush is exactly right"

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[Polybius]

26. "Many of my Democratic colleagues chose to go on vacation early today rather than staying to vote.."

I don't like throwing our own under the bus.

[questionseverything]

31. Well we have a clear majority and for whatever reason they did not stay and extend

With pandemic numbers surging it is the worst possible time to be throwing tens of thousands of families in the street

[aocommunalpunch]

29. LMAO

She's a Justice Democrat, therefore, everything she does must be motivated by self-interest, love of MF45, or whatever else people come up with.

Personally, I believe in these "grand-standing" events and the bills that SHOULD be debated and voted on. Keep up the fight! The only way people are going to hear you is when you make noise.