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
Jilly_in_VA
(9,854 posts)They're so fcuking superior! Even that oreo Tim Scott!
LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)Freddie
(9,232 posts)Co-sponsored this bill in the House and then *voted against it.* Thats 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.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)Country first.
BumRushDaShow
(127,318 posts)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)Hopefully recent events will make people think twice about voting for any R.
BumRushDaShow
(127,318 posts)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.
minstrel76
(83 posts)Move along. Nothing to see here.
Efilroft Sul
(3,573 posts)And don't believe for a moment that they're angry at all about dead school kids.
Freddie
(9,232 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,573 posts)Javaman
(62,442 posts)IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)has multiple avenues of attack. Sooner or later they will be used against these evil snakes replacing their privates with guns, men especially.
LudwigPastorius
(8,944 posts)What kind of shithole political party is against preventing terrorism?