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BumRushDaShow

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2. The alternative requires doing one at a time, each one needing a period of debate and vote
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:09 AM
Sep 2023

where normally, a whole group is done by "unanimous consent" and they move on. In this case, Stuporville is "objecting" to any "unanimous consent", which triggers the full promotion approval process.

There are over 300 waiting for action.

The GOP is trying to "embarrass" Schumer by demanding he "start" the "one at a time" process. And as part of their sadistic hostage-taking stance, they have noted that they could do the "top military" positions first and then move on down.

I think Stuporville is getting close to, if not has passed the antics of the Senate's previous "Dr. No", who succumbed 6 years after stepping down. I remember when Coburn single-handedly blocked payments to black farmers as approved by Congress and the Department of Agriculture by refusing to agree to the appropriations for those payments without his extraction of a ransom.

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