The election is over and the Dems have won a major victory they will control both Houses of Congress in January….and they promised the the voter change….they even have some very capable people now headed to the seat of power….then why try to do all this when they are the minority?
Democrats made their second big mistake in less than two days on Wednesday when they allowed a far-right veterans bill to pass the House on a voice vote.
A voice vote is when someone proposes the bill, the parliamentarian asks for the “yays” and the group yells then they ask for the “nays” and they yell. In this case, House Republicans declared the bill passed. A Democrat could have asked for a recorded vote, meaning the parliamentarian must call each name and record their vote.
“Some confusion here about what exactly happened. But this is another black eye for Democrats. Two in two days,” said Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman on X.
One anonymous Democratic staffer sent a message to a source: “It appears Democratic leadership just let a controversial veterans benefits bill pass by voice vote and didn’t request a recorded vote. Hence the disarray on the floor. This is a huge procedural mess-up. Texts in group chats of Dem staff right now include phrases such as: ‘How could they have let that happen?’ ‘We are not off to a good start.’ ‘This coming right on the heels of the attendance issue last night is incredibly damning of current leadership.'”
https://www.alternet.org/democrats-2678372634/
Let’s see so far they have brought articles of impeachment against Pistol Pete and it failed…..go figure….
Explanations are owed, not only by the 11 members, but by Democratic leadership. The American people had a right to expect that a vote of this magnitude would be taken with the utmost seriousness, because it is directly related to an illegal, expensive, murderous war and the individual cabinet member who has claimed unique responsibility for prosecuting it.
It is fair to ask what efforts Democratic leadership made to assure attendance for this vote. Did congressional staff alert their bosses to vote? Ultimately, it is the member’s responsibility to show up, and there is a safety net: The congressional schedule, the floor action, one’s staff, the Democratic caucus, the paging system all provide clues that a vote is approaching.
Then the Dems helped pass a Donny give away to the fossil fuel industry…..
So far I have seen nothing that gives me confidence that change is coming.
I see the same terrible leadership that has had disastrous results in the past….
Now Donny threatens the Dems ….
The White House’s top lawyer is threatening a criminal investigation of Democrats for conducting what he alleges are illegitimate investigations into the executive branch — a stark escalation from the Trump administration as congressional Democrats prepare to launch an oversight onslaught when they assume the majority in January.
White House counsel Will Scharf, in a letter to incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Robert Garcia, says Democrats’ repeated public promises to use their new majority to investigate the president and his allies could cross constitutional limits — and even amount to illegal threats.
The letter, dated Monday but publicly revealed Wednesday, informs the California Democrat that the White House is “monitoring the abusive and capricious threats that are now proliferating from Democrat legislators who seek to abuse the legislative process to intimidate and to interfere with the lawful functioning of government.”
It also cites several statements from Garcia and his Democratic colleagues, attempting to paint their efforts as unmoored in a legislative purpose and instead as threats “designed to deter them from public service, or process designed merely to abuse or instill fear.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/11/congress/white-house-puts-garcia-on-notice-01160683
The same tit-for-tat game….
Will January be any different?
So far I am not encouraged that change is coming.
How about you?
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“lego ergo scribo”