Summary
The North Carolina House passed a controversial bill allocating $227 million for Hurricane Helene relief while including provisions to reduce powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general.
Critics, including Democrats, called it a “power grab,” citing changes like stripping the governor’s control over the State Board of Elections and limiting the attorney general’s ability to challenge state laws or advocate for utility customers.
Republicans defended the bill as necessary, but some GOP lawmakers opposed it.
The bill now heads to the Senate and may face a gubernatorial veto.
This is fine
This is not the time to be giving up election oversight powers of any sort. Veto the fuck out of this bullshit no more weak pushover shit, let the citizens know when Republicans are holding their aid hostage to destroy democratic safeguards
This is exactly how GOP is going to play these games. They’ve given the insight to us now.
“Oh, you want us to pass bills that help the country? Well…only if democratic politicians got less power! waaah!”
Fucking parasites.
They also already did it in Wisconsin in 2018: https://www.axios.com/2018/12/05/wisconsin-republicans-strip-governor-tony-evers-powers
God fucking damnit man. Our local shit going to the democrats has been like my only solace
Dem party of NC seems to be just as useless as the rest of the democratic party
The NC Dems just won the Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorneys’ General, Superintendent, NC Supreme Court Seat, and broke the GOP super majority in the state legislature
Might be time to pull a GOP and do whatever they want anyway. “Think like an asshole” should be the Dems mantra for the next 4 years if not beyond.
Why we would ever go back to civility politics is beyond me. Cilivilty politics are planning for defeat, as everyone can clearly see. And yet despite that, I will eat an entire plane if the dems actually change for the better in any way.
Calm down, Monsieur Mangetout; you’d have to wait for the pig to land it first.
The last is really important because it will make the secret vote meetings harder or impossible for the GOP. The ones where the GOP made sure the few Democrat members would be not present for votes they wanted to win. Having to cheat to get bills passed, they must be so proud of themselves.
As for the title, I think they’ve tried this a number of times with past governors. They really, really hate that veto power that gets in their way of domination.
Ah yes, it’s the Democratic party at fault that the Republican party while they still had a veto proof majority ram thru changes.
Nothing will change with dems in power. They won’t do anything to oppose republicans, no matter how much power they hold. Yes, it is their fault, bc they never, for any reason, oppose things that republicans do, even when it’s easy to do so
Removed by mod
Rule 1 of the liberal rules of engagement: if someone disagrees with you or isn’t a consummate eater of democratic ass, personally attack them
I attack defeatist attitudes, for sure.
There is one party that has tangibles that is open to positive change and the structure to implement that change. To toss out the baby with he bathwater is ridiculous. The party isnt useless. It’s influence-able and malleable. So yes, I will discard attitudes of defeat.
When have democrats ever been open to change? And when have their voters ever demanded change? You’re all going to sit by and let Trump and the GOP do whatever the fuck they want, because to oppose them in any way would be rude and disrespectful. Democrats are worse than useless, bc their goal is to be slightly left of republicans at all times, making them a right wing party with absolutely no interest in ever moving left unless republicans somehow also went left. If you still think they’re going to resist fascism in any remotely meaningful way, I’ve got a bogo deal on some bridges for you
They’re just a troll, dude.
I will never forgive them for doing such a shit job at vetting candidates that a democratic member would flip republican and give them the decisive majority. The NC dems were saved by an even more dogshit republican machine this cycle
That is fucking ridiculous. The woman who flipped was the daughter of an extremely popular state dem.
Don’t give a fuck who she is, she was meeting with republicans durring the campaign, they need to do a better job of picking candidates. No more nepotism hires
So nepotism? Imagine voting for someone because political dynasty.
