Already happened, ineffectual shitbags.
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What's the issue stopping them from meeting today or tomorrow? They can't clear their golfing schedule to do their job and address whether what the president did represents the will of the nation?
They don't want to. They want to make sure the oil companies do their business first and then Congress will start voting.
Next week??
Finish your weekend in the Hamptons why don't you, you fucking slackers.
How about an emergency session in the House? Like RIGHT NOW? Trump just attacked another country: do your fucking job!
Well Mikey Johnson didn’t get Trump’s permission for an emergency session, so no.
Some reporter is gonna ask Mike Johnson on Monday if he saw that the US attacked Venezuela and he's gonna say he doesn't know.
If only reporters had balls: "You haven't heard about X giant thing the president did? Doesn't that make you dogshit at your job?"
Guys, somehow I don't think the US Congress is going to save us...
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Next fucking week? This isn't warranting of an emergency session of congress?
The US is so fucking fucked. The Dems are gonna find a way to lose the primaries or surrender to Trump's attempts to steal them.
We've seen nothing from these assholes in the times of greatest crisis.
Americans, please take this seriously. It's NOT FUCKING NORMAL for your representatives to take this so unseriously, and not doing the thing they've been literally elected to do. I mean being a politician, not against trump, this goes for both sides of the aisle. wtaf?
My tinfoil hat conspiracy is the establishment Dems are bring directed by Israel and billionaire ~~donors~~ bribers to not actually put up a fight
It's not an emergency, that's why.
It's business as usual in the USA. We've done this many times. It's like our thing.
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They literally kidnapped the president and proceeded to threaten the replacement. They don't care.
Weird. I thought only Congress could declare war. It seems that the way it really works is anyone can declare war without Congress by kidnapping foreign leaders and then the Senate has to vote to tell that person to stop.
then the Senate has to fail to vote to ~~tell~~ ask that person to stop.
Yep, this is what happened. I cannot believe I exist in the same reality with people this corrupt and people stupid enough to follow them.
If they wait until it's over, then they don't have to look powerless when Trump ignores Congress.
Next fucking week. Imagine your house is being robbed but the cops are coming next week.
Even worse, the cops are going to have a vote at the station for wether or not they're going to stop the robber.
Whether they're going to stop the robber after the damage is done
If only there was some way for our law makers to work remotely and swiftly like any other profession
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“My name is Treebeard.”
Why next week? They should maybe take a break for a while and give themselves a raise for all of the strategic "lack of work" they've been doing. Maybe things will settle down by then. /s
Trump: dissolves the US senate
US senate: "we'll vote on it next month"
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Fucking lazy assholes. Time for a revolt. Put the people back in power, the way the founders intended.
I'm not so sure the founders intended for everyday folk to have power, regardless of the flowery language in the documents we know them for. Lately I'm questioning everything I was taught (or hoped) this country was. The more I look at our situation now and compare it to history, I feel like we're on course with the ideals we've demonstrated since our inception.
I just feel incredibly disappointed, disgusted... Lots of things.
Fair enough. I don’t own land, so in their era I would not have a vote. I guess that is somewhat similar to an elitist oligarchy.
I am equally disappointed, disgusted, distressed, apathetic.
Stay strong friend. Take care of yourself and who else you can.
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Someone should explain to Schumer how linear time works...
He'll have to ask his imaginary focus-group family of fascist morons.
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Betcha it fails due to some neo-lib defectors.
That's not how that works. They need his permission first.
So they should vote to impeach for murder.
So the democrats will do nothing because they’re owned by the same oligarchs and Israeli AIPAC money that the republicans are. The few honest ones will put up a fight but their wings are clipped by the corrupt majority. If they manage to even get close to a victory a few dirty democrats will magically vote with the republicans. Going back to Iraq and Afghanistan the democrats and republicans made a killing on insider trading and no bid contracts. It’s a big club and you and I ain’t in it, It’s all smoke and mirrors. Again it all boils down to shareholder profits.
You "both sides" douchebags are why we're in this mess.
You don't vote for them, they can't do anything. That's how that works, you simple-minded dumbass.
Is it both sides-ing to shout "DO SOMETHING!" at democrats?
Genuinely what could the Democrats actually accomplish in the current situation? They don't have the power. We, the voting public, made sure of that.
Thems be the facts. I’ve been watching the country ratchet right for over 40 years and I always vote for the less evil option.
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We going to just return Maduro like we picked up the wrong bag from the shared work fridge? Oopsie poopsie, sorry I ate all the tangerines before I realized they weren’t mine!
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Any war powers resolution passed by the Senate would need to be approved by the House and signed by Trump to have the force of law.
The president is expected to veto any resolution to restrict his power as commander in chief and there are not enough votes in either chamber to override such an action.
While they should be doing anything they can to stop this shit, this whole vote is purely symbolic. Unless they can get support from the house and a supermajority in the senate, no standalone bill will do anything.
The only real leverage they have is a potential government shut down at the end of the month. Given how unpopular a repeat of Iraq and Afghanistan would be, I want to say that it should be fairly easy to find bipartisan support for a deal that would pull any forces out of Venezuala and potentially put some road blocks in place to dissuade further military interventions. You'd just need some competent leadership and a little bit of backbone.
[Exasperated Sigh]
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... And impeach the belligerent invader who usurped senate power in order to commit war crimes ?
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