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Silent3

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3. Damn, why do Senators cling to the stupid fucking rules that allow this?

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 5, 2023, 01:11 AM

Sep 2023

They don't want to take this ability away from Tuberville because they each might want to single-handedly fuck over the whole Senate themselves someday?

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'Dangerous hold': Military secretaries urge Tuberville to stop 'politicizing' senior officers [View all] turbinetree Sep 2023 OP

Tuberville is pretty proud of his punchbowl turd Blue Owl Sep 2023 #1

The Senate is broken. Time to dissolve this anachronism. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #2

Damn, why do Senators cling to the stupid fucking rules that allow this? Silent3 Sep 2023 #3

it's crazy how one stupid Senator can hold up so much. BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2023 #4

At this point, Schumer should consider forcing votes and keeping the Senate in continuous session tritsofme Sep 2023 #5

This Tuberville situation boils my blood NCDem47 Sep 2023 #6