The problem here is that Zionism is more or less bipartisan. I wouldn’t necessarily bet my life savings on it, but given the number of states with anti-BDS laws I have no trouble imagining that such a law would get 60 votes.
Forty out of 47 Senate Democrats voted in favor of one of the resolutions to block a $295 million sale of bulldozers, which the initiative’s author, Senator Bernie Sanders, claimed would be used to demolish homes in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. Fifty-nine senators — mostly Republicans — voted against blocking the sale.
Thirty-six Democrats backed another resolution aimed at blocking a $152 million sale of 1,000-pound bombs to the IDF, which Sanders argued would be used in Gaza and Lebanon. Sixty-three senators voted against blocking the sale.
So…
You don’t understand how your link backs up my point?
117th congress passed 2.0%, 118th passed 1.4%, and the 119th is about to end at 0.6%…
In this congress 18,500 Bill introduced, 104 became law. Except for annual budget, almost all of them were very small things no one cares about. Something this big hasn’t been able to pass for a very very long time now.
Senators not voting for one bill, doesn’t mean they’d vote yes for the opposite. That is an incredibly basic way to think
They don’t even do filibusters any longer. They just “call it”. They’re too lazy to actually filibuster.
The filibuster can be surpassed at any time with a simple majority vote. This is called “the nuclear option” because that term scares the shit out of voters. But, it’s just a simple majority vote.
The reason they pass budget reconciliations is because that’s what they want to pass. If they want something to pass, they skip the filibuster with a simple majority vote. If they don’t want something to pass, they say “oh no, the filibuster, so sorry, just not enough votes.”
There have been something near 200 “exceptions” to the filibuster… all passed with a simple majority vote.
Because of the filibuster…
The same reason the only thing that passes is budget reconciliation…
The problem here is that Zionism is more or less bipartisan. I wouldn’t necessarily bet my life savings on it, but given the number of states with anti-BDS laws I have no trouble imagining that such a law would get 60 votes.
I can imagine I’m in Narnia…
But it doesn’t mean my dog will start talking.
If you think there are 60 who will vote for it, sit down and try to write down which Dems would. You’ll feel better when you cant get to 60
The ones who voted no here for instance.
So…
You don’t understand how your link backs up my point?
117th congress passed 2.0%, 118th passed 1.4%, and the 119th is about to end at 0.6%…
In this congress 18,500 Bill introduced, 104 became law. Except for annual budget, almost all of them were very small things no one cares about. Something this big hasn’t been able to pass for a very very long time now.
Senators not voting for one bill, doesn’t mean they’d vote yes for the opposite. That is an incredibly basic way to think
The reason they pass budget reconciliations is because that’s what they want to pass. If they want something to pass, they skip the filibuster with a simple majority vote. If they don’t want something to pass, they say “oh no, the filibuster, so sorry, just not enough votes.”
There have been something near 200 “exceptions” to the filibuster… all passed with a simple majority vote.
Yeah…
So “simple” to get 60 Senators on the same page in 2026…
How the fuck did you think people needed that explained though?