Defund the police

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(07-18-2020, 12:29 PM)treee Wrote: Iirc it was a very straight forward bill that should have been able to have been passed with unanimous consent. One could just as easily cast doubt on the motives of the republicans for insisting it go up for debate.

I'd assume so it would get a better reception in the Dem controlled house. They made no limit on the amendments the Dems could introduce. If all but 3? Dems voted to not even debate it in the Senate, what do you think the house would have done? Hell Pelosci said he was trying to "get away with murder". 

IMO it's absurd to "cast doubt" on the GOP in this instance. Imagine the shit storm if the was one black Dem Senate who would have proposed a bill and Mitch dismissed it as a "token' bill. The Libs would have lost their shit.