Comments by "" (@TheHuxleyAgnostic) on "Bernie Strong-Arms McConnell To Force A Vote On $2000 Payments" video.

  1. Not quite the same. Jimmy's plan involves paralyzing the house, that could backfire, not simply blocking a single bill.
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  2.  @stevenshumate3430  Didn't I just say that? How would that paralyze the senate, like blocking a speaker election would paralyze the house? The house wouldn't be able to function, at all, without a speaker elected.
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  3.  @stevenshumate3430  Pelosi not giving you the vote, and you following through on your threat.
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  4.  @stevenshumate3430  Bernie's threat only blocks a single bill.
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  5.  @stevenshumate3430  McConnell blocking Democrat bills that come from the house, looks good in the eyes of Republicans. Corporate Dems could use progressives paralyzing the house to blame them for no new covid relief, and not being able to pass anything in the platform that other Democrats just voted for, making them look bad in the eyes of other Democrats, and Republicans. Jimmy has also argued that corporate Dems would rather work with Republicans than progressives. That's actually an argument against his own plan, not for it. If true, Pelosi could make a quiet deal with Republicans, in exchange for enough of them abstaining, or being absent, to lower the threshold needed to win, dodging the house being paralyzed, and making progressives look stupid.
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  6. Overriding a presidential veto.
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