Question. What was the House suppossed to do when McConnel refused to allow the House version of

[still_one]

Bill?

[Hoyt]

1. Fight and let GOPers blame House for no soap, starving/sick children, etc.

[still_one]

3. I hear you. It is a damn if you do and damn if you don't situation, except in one case there is

at least a possibility where some of the suffering undocumented people might get some relief

[watoos]

5. The Hispanic caucus

recommended a no vote.

Why not blame Schumer and Senate Democrats for not fighting against the McConnell/Trump bill that was drawn up with no Democratic input. I believe the Senate Bill passed with only 8 no votes.

[DonViejo]

6. That's exactly what they planned on, blame the Dems.

McConnell was talking about that Tuesday and yesterday; blame the Dems for the deaths, the filth, the illnesses, and the crime, etc, etc.

[Poiuyt]

2. I don't know, but this will only empower him

Right now, he's a de facto dictator. One man controlling all of Congress. Somebody better figure him out fast.

[still_one]

4. but if McConnell won'tallow the House version to be voted, what could have been done? I don't know

what we all know is human beings are being used as political fodder

[watoos]

8. I'm pretty sure McConnell did

bring the House bill up for a vote. It didn't get 60 votes.

[still_one]

12. I probably read or heard wrong that he wasn't going to allow the House version up for a vote

and you are probably right.


Thanks

[Poiuyt]

9. You're asking a very good question

In this case, where children are involved, it was probably best to acquiesce.

How do you remove corrupt people from power when they have all the power?

[pangaia]

27. Uh, you really want to know?

[Arkansas Granny]

11. McConnell is using human suffering for leverage. That's reprehensible.

[uponit7771]

20. They could do something smart, enable Benedict Donald is not smart. Also, what are the people

... who voted for this shit supposed to do in 2020 when asked did they vote to fund Trumps concentration camps?

lie?

[Turin_C3PO]

22. Better to lose a political battle

than let children suffer. There’s nothing the Dems could do but vote for it.

[uponit7771]

24. What was "won", help for kids?! I don't trust Red Don's admin one second this "help" will

... get to a single child or stop Red Don's concentration camps.

There's no win here unless there's trust.

The fact that a bunch of lawyers had to tell America that these conditions were disgusting is enough to know there's no trust at all.

This is disgusting

[uponit7771]

19. +1

[happyaccident]

7. Republicans are better at playing chicken because they really don't care about anything

They use the compassion of the democrats to force them to submit (like what pelosi just did) That's it for the gop's principles besides constantly taking apart democracy every chance they get. If a political party doesn't believe in government they should not have the right to partake in government. They're playing us. All it takes to lose our democracy is for one party to just refuse to participate. like here in Oregon.

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. This.

[blm]

16. Exactly. They are pure evil and the suffering of others amuses them. THAT is

who we are stuck dealing with. Horrific.

[Voltaire2]

10. So if we cave every damn time, guess what?

You do the math on how that works out, ok?

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[malaise]

13. It's extortion

ITTMF

[nolabear]

33. Absofuckinglutely. Those children are being held hostage.

Don’t agree to their terms kids suffer and hey, it’s your fault. Agree and you’re a weakling. Our ONLY choice is to say that every day, stick together, and vote those monsters OUT.

[malaise]

34. ITTMF

and then lock him the fuck up

[nolabear]

35. Amen. UNDER the jail, as my grandmother would say.

[uponit7771]

15. So we have votes for funding concentration camps but not for impeachment ?

[OliverQ]

17. Not vote on the Senate version.

[still_one]

18. and would that result in a relief for the suffering undocuments people?

[OliverQ]

23. No, but neither will this.

McConnell knows he can cause people suffering and Dems will cave to whatever he wants to stop it. This bill isn't going to change the fate of the kids in camps. They'll just use the money to inflict more pain.

[uponit7771]

26. +1, I don't know why there's a nano gram of trust for anything the KGOP says

[uponit7771]

25. Who's claiming the senate bill will result in relief !!?!? TRUMP !?

[Lunabell]

28. Fight, goddammit!

I'm sick of capitulating.

[Bettie]

29. So, will the house now accept the

Senate version?

I thought the point was that there was oversight in the bill.

In the Senate version that is very likely none.

So, is this all just an exercise in futility? Political theater?

[Turin_C3PO]

30. Yes it passed the house.

We pretty much had to pass it on the chance that it helps the children. I hope it does.

[Bettie]

31. I wish I believed even for a second

that it will help.

I don't.

Mitch McConnell and the orange thing have their hands in it, which indicates that it is simply a payoff to the rich folks who own the contracts. But, hey, that's how it works these days.

[Hotler]

32. From what I see, there seems to be no tools....

in the tool box that our party can use to knee cap the repugs. I guess our only choice of tools is down to voting every 2-4 years. Oh well.

[kacekwl]

36. I'm tired already.

Just hang a Kick Me sign on our backs. Maybe the thing had to be done but jesus H. Christmas trees it's getting old.

[librechik]

37. go on tv, newspapers, soocial media and everywhere else:McConnell is killing us all!

not sulk in the corner outside the judge's door. Nadler can do that. We need tp go to the streets with a megaphone.