Maeve@kbin.earth to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoSenate blocks Republican bill restricting stock trades by US Congress memberswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlprogressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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Democrats block measure they say didn’t go far enough – and was bundled with ‘poison pill’ voter ID rules
minus-squareZedstrian@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 month agoJust like with the Russian sanctions bill, the Republicans intentionally pass legislation on issues they are opposed to by poison-pilling it with mile-wide loopholes to make it look to their base that Democrats are the bigger problem.
Just like with the Russian sanctions bill, the Republicans intentionally pass legislation on issues they are opposed to by poison-pilling it with mile-wide loopholes to make it look to their base that Democrats are the bigger problem.
Yup. It’s all theatrics.