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riversedge

(80,810 posts)
Thu May 1, 2025, 07:22 AM May 2025

Dem Sen. Whitehouse missed the Tariff vote b/c he was on his way back from S Korea.......

I had been wondering why. I saw the South Korea reference on another tweet.


Manu Raju
@mkraju
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49-49, Bipartisan push to halt Trump tariffs fails in Senate after two supporters — Mitch McConnell and Sheldon Whitehouse — were absent. It would have passed if they were there.

Even if it passed, House GOP leaders planned to ignore it

McConnell was sick, Whitehouse traveling




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Dem Sen. Whitehouse missed the Tariff vote b/c he was on his way back from S Korea....... (Original Post) riversedge May 2025 OP
Nancy Pelosi knew how to count votes, gab13by13 May 2025 #1
What dipshit planned to have the vote then? Historic NY May 2025 #2
Probably Thune. Wuddles440 May 2025 #3
Meh, mission accomplished for Schumer gab13by13 May 2025 #4

gab13by13

(32,321 posts)
4. Meh, mission accomplished for Schumer
Thu May 1, 2025, 07:47 AM
May 2025

Democrats are on record for being against Krasnov's tariffs, now they can't be blamed for them and should win the next election.

Schumer's strategy is to let Krasnov burn it all down.

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