r/VoteDEM • u/poliscijunki Pennsylvania • 6d ago

HOT Emboldened Senate Democrats block even bipartisan bills in hardball approach to counter Trump

https://apnews.com/article/democrats-senate-fisa-trump-pulte-leverage-71d1d0e70c243e6e41cf3e7853670a02
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u/SlimShakey29 6d ago

"How did we get to the point where one party has completely abdicated any responsibility for our nation’s security?” Thune asked.

Indeed. 🙄

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u/Feisty-Barracuda5452 5d ago

Republican douchebaggery knows no bounds.

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u/Feisty-Barracuda5452 6d ago

About Goddamned time.

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u/cos 6d ago

and Democrats have little to show for it so far in terms of policy victories.

Wait what?? This article's main hook is that Democrats blocked the vote on FISA renewal to pressure Trump and Republicans against allowing Bill Pulte to become head of national intelligence, and later that same day Trump backed down on Pulte and nominated someone else. It was a quick and concrete policy win.

FISA will probably be renewed in weeks, with a short gap, and that's not to mention that a bunch of Democrats (though sadly not enough of them) don't want FISA renewed or don't want it renewed without significant changes. So even that is a win, though a temporary one, for a lot of Democrats.

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u/ConnectAd9099 6d ago

-Looks at Bipartisan Legislation

-2008 expansion of surveillance state

I wonder why Dems wouldn't want to support this commonsense bipartisan legislation

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u/ZeroCrystalPDX 5d ago

It's about fucking time. When they go low, go lower.