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Demsrule86

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44. And what is your solution? Without them there is no Senate majority and we will get
Fri Jun 4, 2021, 02:24 PM
Jun 2021

nothing through. We still have one more reconciliation left...I love all the completely unreasonable expectations here...we don't have a large majority in either the house or the senate and I pray we manage to keep both in 22. Do you think putting McConnell back in charge would be helpful?

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I can't help but think GQP paid them off. no_hypocrisy Jun 2021 #1
Or McTurtle is blackmailing them. zuul Jun 2021 #20
We need to Start applying Kompromat: first against the Turtle, then against the moles. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #43
I don't understand why that isn't already being done. FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #51
THIS. LowerManhattanite Jun 2021 #28
Well, we can run them off and reinstate MAJORITY Leader McConnell. Hoyt Jun 2021 #2
I don't understand why people don't understand that. nt pnwmom Jun 2021 #55
As long as Coach Schumer wants. Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #3
Didn't the coach say, "Failure is not an option?" Magoo48 Jun 2021 #52
I suspect it's mostly theater... Blanks Jun 2021 #4
Manchin It's going to be who he is. I don't understand Sinema at all, what is her angle? Walleye Jun 2021 #5
Remove them from their committees. Kota Jun 2021 #6
That would be extremely foolish. We need both of them for a majority. Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #42
What would you like to do to them? wryter2000 Jun 2021 #7
BIDEN'S AGENDA. Elections have consequences. usaf-vet Jun 2021 #12
What are your proposals to get rid of them? How? panader0 Jun 2021 #16
See# 15 below. usaf-vet Jun 2021 #17
Well, who else COULD you have voted for? oldsoftie Jun 2021 #54
++++ msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #32
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It's only fair, in my view. msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #45
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And what is your solution? Without them there is no Senate majority and we will get Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #44
How do you know someone isn't asking them that? wryter2000 Jun 2021 #50
And Manchin was voted in by the state with the 2nd highest support for Trump in the country. pnwmom Jun 2021 #56
If HR1 isn't passed these two will be looking for new jobs soon. CrispyQ Jun 2021 #8
Really? I thought they were elected officials somehow. MineralMan Jun 2021 #11
They are elected officials in a system that is being attacked by republicans. CrispyQ Jun 2021 #14
Senators are elected in their own states. MineralMan Jun 2021 #18
"The bottom line is that the people in those states will vote as they vote." CrispyQ Jun 2021 #24
In what state do you live? MineralMan Jun 2021 #33
That's the only way forward moose65 Jun 2021 #31
agree...We have to play and win the long game. The time to start is now. PortTack Jun 2021 #35
Elected or gerrymandered? I don't know either of their political histories. usaf-vet Jun 2021 #25
Elected moose65 Jun 2021 #29
Most of the people who are waving their arms around MineralMan Jun 2021 #34
In reality, it doesn't matter at the moment. MineralMan Jun 2021 #30
☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Jun 2021 #36
Their terms run until the 2024 elections. moose65 Jun 2021 #63
Wow. I really didn't make my point, did I? CrispyQ Jun 2021 #68
Until we have 50 votes + Kamala Harris without them. House of Roberts Jun 2021 #9
Hmmm... moondust Jun 2021 #37
How do you suggest we do that? MineralMan Jun 2021 #10
The last time I look I was not a elected member of Congress nor do I have a direct line to..... usaf-vet Jun 2021 #15
You can't have it both ways StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #19
Turn your frustration into determination to solve this MineralMan Jun 2021 #22
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Back in the day, the FBI would be ordered to dig up dirt on either them or relatives for blackmail MichMan Jun 2021 #13
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Disgusting. dalton99a Jun 2021 #21
I. Hate. DINOs. Period NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #26
DITTO! usaf-vet Jun 2021 #27
That is where you and I disagree. With out moderate Democrats...given political realities we Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #48
IF they'd get out of the way, FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #57
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but they are not moderate Dems. They are DINO!!! NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #61
You might need to pick different terms. Enabling extremist, obstructionist... JHB Jun 2021 #64
THIS NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #65
They are Dems Johnny2X2X Jun 2021 #38
Oh, Gosh! I Didn't Think about That! MineralMan Jun 2021 #41
As long as the states that elected them treestar Jun 2021 #49
god I hate them. TomDaisy Jun 2021 #53
MineralMan is being rational liberalgunwilltravel Jun 2021 #58
The house alone cannot block certification of EC votes PortTack Jun 2021 #62
K&R for the comic. GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #66
"WE"??? There is nothing YOU or ANYONE here can do about it. 🤔 nt Raine Jun 2021 #67
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