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30 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Oct \ parent \ on: Sen. Majority Leader John Thune Put Senate Dems in a Huge Bind in Stunning Move Politics_And_Law
No doubt, but it's just a numbers game. Most are on the AIPAC dole and a bunch have military installations making up a significant part of their district.
How many are actually beholden to their antiwar constituents? In my experience, that's a group that gets cast aside pretty quickly.
110% the numbers game with this move is honestly pretty clear and I am not sure how they could spin out of it.
If they manage to attach the Labor and Health approps as well at least in the Senate version there were a couple of Senate Dem wins so in my mind Republicans have to make sure Paul wont strike it down and as long as he is taken care of the rest of the Republican Senate wont oppose.
This is all about forcing people to take bad votes that make them look bad.
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It seems like it would be easier to grandstand on HHS and Labor for Democrats. No doubt there will be things their base wants included in those that Republicans don't want.
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So the bills at this point are essentially "finalized" for the Senate side so they are not going to be able to offer amendments on the Senate floor to try and address stuff that has changed in the last few months (I think the bill moved out of Committee the beginning of July) so a ton of the things like vaccines and other stuff they have to swallow and vote for at least this time around.
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yeah maybe i'm thinking too much of California democrats