03-23-2020, 09:05 AM
(03-23-2020, 08:26 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: On the one hand, I want to be amused by the irony of the only Senator who voted against the bill the initial emergency response bill.
But on the other hand, the Senate may need to go into recess because of the inability to vote remotely + social distancing with an infected Senator having roamed the halls as recently as yesterday morning.
This is the worst time for the Senate to be unable to vote and pass bills...
Conspiracy theory*: Republican members of Congress are intentionally doing this so that Trump can enact emergency powers to consolidate power in the Executive.
*I do not actually believe this, but it is an interesting hypothetical.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
