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Hekate

(90,189 posts)
4. Send more Dems to House and Senate to support a Dem president and shift the SCOTUS...
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:08 PM
Jun 2016

That will work. Meanwhile, Our Dems in the House are shining a spotlight on the craven NRA lapdogs that constitute the GOP.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
5. Well, the Dems we're electing this year are FOR the TPP and money in politics...
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:09 PM
Jun 2016

so I fail to see how that's going to help.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
15. Seems to me that if
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:14 PM
Jun 2016

we got the money out of politics that a lot of issues would be resolved because the influence to do the wrong thing would be gone..

I mean, cmon, we cant even get the guns to be investigated. The NRA lobbies for this stuff and that's why it isn't fixed and will continue to not be fixed.

So no, I'm not elated.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
11. There isn't only one issue in the world and they are human.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:53 PM
Jun 2016

They will never meet all the standards of all people all the time.

But we can applaud all of them for what they are doing now.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
17. Exactly.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:24 PM
Jun 2016

Which is why we'll never get anywhere. So long as we continue to not address the underlying issue of why this is, well, much adu about nothing.

samson212

(83 posts)
10. They're standing up to the influence of money in politics.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:45 PM
Jun 2016

As much as I agree with the sentiment of your post, it was pretty uplifting for me to see (on Periscope, since we apparently live under Ingsoc) the palpable relief that our representatives feel about actually taking action. I suspect that they feel just as beaten down by the state of our union as we do, and standing up against the tyranny of money in this way appears to be quite empowering. I hope that the claims made on the floor that this is the beginning of a movement on the part of the Democrats in Congress continue to hold!

 

ciaobaby

(1,000 posts)
8. Don't get me wrong cause I am proud of the actions of the Dems and the sit-in.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:36 PM
Jun 2016

However, what was the chant "no vote - no break" all about if they ended up taking the break without a vote?

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)
9. Silly
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:43 PM
Jun 2016

The "no vote - no break" chant was merely a catchy slogan, it wasn't meant to be real. The important thing was they got some TV time instead of Trump.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
13. Did they get what they wanted?
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:54 PM
Jun 2016

Or was it just a publicity stunt in an election year that didn't really accomplish anything?

Wibly

(613 posts)
14. What?
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:01 PM
Jun 2016

I don't see what there is to be happy about.
This was very disappointing.
The whole idea of a Sit In is to sit in until something changes, until a compromise, or a meeting, or something changes.
Now the GOP will be able to reasonable call this Sit In a PR stunt, which I think is tragic.

sarisataka

(18,202 posts)
16. What was achieved
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:18 PM
Jun 2016

Besides making Ryan look like a petulant child- which wasn't any secret in the first place.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
18. No guns allowed in the House
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:22 PM
Jun 2016

I can't believe the NRA and the gunners are not raising hell that their rights are being violated in the house!!

Buncha wimps.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
20. There will be new gun bills
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:56 PM
Jun 2016

Not as good as is needed, but there will be new gun laws.

The NRA are a bunch of hypocrites. If they really cared about rights they'd be against the Patriot Act. Wimps.

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