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SalSimNS2 t1_iyi4oil wrote

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2022/08/08/dozen-pentagon-nominees-stalled-as-senate-leaves-for-august-recess/

Can someone ELI5 how this works? How one asshat senator can block the whole process?

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RoboMan106 t1_iyibcmv wrote

Broken system being abused by republicans

Pretty regular occurrence these days

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yuanshaosvassal t1_iyivfus wrote

He isn't blocking the whole process, just the easy process (the senate equivalent of saying everybody agree?) . In order to bypass this asshat every DoD appointee would need to be brought to a full floor vote (which is time consuming).

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galloway188 t1_iyjpd9w wrote

I’m fine with that. Make them go to the entire floor. That’s what we pay them for. They get to live with a fat paycheck, full healthcare, insider trading, what else?

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trogon t1_iyk3fht wrote

Seriously. And now that the Senate won't have any legislation to deal with (because nothing the GOP House produces will go anywhere), they have lots of free time.

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galloway188 t1_iyk42l5 wrote

Well they got that stacks of stuff the house passed in the last two years do they not? Lots of catch up to do once they get Georgia to filibuster crap? Or is that not how it works?

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trogon t1_iyk4joh wrote

No, you have to start from scratch with each new Congress.

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galloway188 t1_iyk5f9j wrote

Oh that sucks well 1step forward two steps back every time

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skybluecity t1_iykjjhl wrote

R congress wouldn't want to proceed with any D legislation passed in current term.

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kegster2 t1_iyksejg wrote

Seriously. If I have to go to a meeting that could have been an email at work, guess what? I still have to go. 😂

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SalSimNS2 t1_iyml55w wrote

Well, the could do their homework and study the list of nominees before the floor vote. And any gripes... they could work out by talking to each other before the floor vote. Jeez, that's how my company meetings go. And then when they get to the meeting, they could... VOTE! And get it done in a few minutes.
Instead of farting like mules in front of the cameras.

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