usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · edit-223 hours agoPeople in congress have been getting ~1600 calls a minute vs the usual ~40/min. Directed pressure can work. Keep it uplemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1230arrow-down1external-linkPeople in congress have been getting ~1600 calls a minute vs the usual ~40/min. Directed pressure can work. Keep it uplemmy.mlusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · edit-223 hours agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·20 hours agoThey should have been opposing them for being unqualified and corrupt regardless of his shitty policies…wtf
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-220 hours agoKey word being “every nominee”. He’s still been against most of them And has now been using more of their ability to delay nominations (though they cannot fully block without Republicans support)
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoTwo of the earliest nominations were former congressmen which are actually qualified, corruptness aside, but Hegseth got 0 Dem votes and was still confirmed.
They should have been opposing them for being unqualified and corrupt regardless of his shitty policies…wtf
Key word being “every nominee”. He’s still been against most of them
And has now been using more of their ability to delay nominations (though they cannot fully block without Republicans support)
Two of the earliest nominations were former congressmen which are actually qualified, corruptness aside, but Hegseth got 0 Dem votes and was still confirmed.