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Cory Booker has been filibustering for a while, but there's no legislation that he's stalling.

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (10 children)

What is senate trying to do that he's preventing?

[–] ScrewCapital@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (9 children)

He's putting a stop to everything. If he did this during the debate if a vote he'd be doing an actual filibuster and can be voted down by 60 votes, and there are Dems probably would vote him down. By doing so when not doing "anything" he stops everything.

It's a double edge sword here because if he did it during a debate for legislation people could say "he's blocking legislation" but by doing so before the Senate does anything he's stopping everything (including votes) but now there is nothing to point to.

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah what did he actually accomplish? You know, beyond a vague "disrupting the Senate".

[–] ScrewCapital@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

He stopped the Senate from voting for anything for one day.

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