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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:18 PM May 2022

U.S. Senate Republicans block bill to battle white supremacy

Source: Reuters

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a bill titled the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act in Congress on Thursday that Democrats view as a response to a white supremacist's killing of 10 Black people this month and a potential gateway to a gun control bill.

Two days after another mass killing of 19 young children and two teachers at a Texas school, senators voted 47-47 along party lines, short of the 60 senators required to launch debate, to reject the bill authorizing federal agencies to monitor and report jointly on domestic terrorism within the United States, including incidents related to white supremacy.

Republicans said the legislation was unnecessary as Democratic President Joe Biden already had the authority to organize his administration's response to violent extremism.

Democrats insisted the bill was needed to bolster the federal government's response to rising incidents of violent extremism at home.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-senate-republicans-poised-block-135334885.html

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U.S. Senate Republicans block bill to battle white supremacy (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 OP
Because of course Jilly_in_VA May 2022 #1
Of course... LeftInTX May 2022 #2
My Congress-asshole, Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) Freddie May 2022 #3
I already sent him a nasty gram. The Jungle 1 May 2022 #5
We need to take that district back BumRushDaShow May 2022 #12
Fitzpatrick is an absolute master at appearing "moderate" Freddie May 2022 #14
His brother Mike BumRushDaShow May 2022 #15
Nazis blocking anti-Nazi legislation minstrel76 May 2022 #4
Republicans are angrier about being asked to do their job than about dead school kids. Efilroft Sul May 2022 #6
Not at all. After all, those kids are born. Freddie May 2022 #7
Yep. Born kids don't really matter to the GOP until military recruiters can speak to them. Efilroft Sul May 2022 #8
the last thing the right wing is going to do is alienate their base. nt Javaman May 2022 #9
They don't want to lose their voting base IronLionZion May 2022 #10
any war, any battle llashram May 2022 #11
To paraphrase Tiedrich,... LudwigPastorius May 2022 #13
These GOP RW fascists, that's who onetexan May 2022 #16
I Wonder Why.... 🤪 🤬🤬🤬 electric_blue68 May 2022 #17

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
3. My Congress-asshole, Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01)
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:34 PM
May 2022

Co-sponsored this bill in the House and then *voted against it.* That’s right, he voted against his own bill. To shore up his cred with the RWNJs, of course. This is the guy who claims to be “independent” and “moderate.”

BumRushDaShow

(127,318 posts)
12. We need to take that district back
Thu May 26, 2022, 03:51 PM
May 2022

I know they slightly changed the borders of PA-1 to help equalize the population there and in the surrounding districts, and to account for PA's loss of a seat (with the actual dropped district being over in western PA). But there is so much potential there once we saw Murphy win when it was PA-8 - at least he was there briefly.

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
14. Fitzpatrick is an absolute master at appearing "moderate"
Thu May 26, 2022, 04:25 PM
May 2022

Hopefully recent events will make people think twice about voting for any R.

BumRushDaShow

(127,318 posts)
15. His brother Mike
Thu May 26, 2022, 04:33 PM
May 2022

who originally had that seat, seemed to perfect it though. But then a lot of Philly cops moved up there to Bucks County along with a pile of GOP "law and order" Frank Rizzo (Sr. &, Jr.) huggers who fled Northeast Philly.

Efilroft Sul

(3,573 posts)
6. Republicans are angrier about being asked to do their job than about dead school kids.
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:41 PM
May 2022

And don't believe for a moment that they're angry at all about dead school kids.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
11. any war, any battle
Thu May 26, 2022, 03:40 PM
May 2022

has multiple avenues of attack. Sooner or later they will be used against these evil snakes replacing their privates with guns, men especially.

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