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[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been too long without an ammendment.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Congress votes on party lines and there hasn’t been a 2/3 supermajority since 1977.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_United_States_Congress

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sadly, we can't count on cooperation in government.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Or reason. Only loyalty.

[–] vala@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile china...

(I'm not a tankie but damn if they are not kicking the west's ass right now with getting shit done)

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Congress votes on party lines

Hey now. I bet you we could get some kind of bipartisan amendment through if it pertained to selling arms to Israel.