just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agoAnalyst says Trump officials may flee if Democrats win midterms: 'Would not be surprising'www.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1491arrow-down1external-linkAnalyst says Trump officials may flee if Democrats win midterms: 'Would not be surprising'www.rawstory.comjust_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square155fedilinkfile-text
They have no path to win midterms, and they will run first. Funny thing is that they literally have nowhere to run. 🤣
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoEven with house and senate, he has the SCOTUS behind him and a military at his fingertips. Most congress can do is starve his branch for funding and even then only with 60 senators.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoWhy would you think it takes 60 senators to starve him? You need 50% of the house plus 1 or 51 senators
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoIt takes 60 to pass a budget resolution. It takes 41 to keep a budget from passing (government shutdown).
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoAnyone who can’t get 7 democrats to agree with a budget obviously is fucking up badly. Maybe by giving huge tax breaks to scummy billionaires and taking away affordable medical care
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoTBF the last time 7 dems agreed to continue we got John Oliver to spend an entire episode roasting Chuck Schumer about his imaginary friends. I hope I never do anything so horrible to warrant that treatment, I might never recover.
Even with house and senate, he has the SCOTUS behind him and a military at his fingertips.
Most congress can do is starve his branch for funding and even then only with 60 senators.
Why would you think it takes 60 senators to starve him? You need 50% of the house plus 1 or 51 senators
It takes 60 to pass a budget resolution.
It takes 41 to keep a budget from passing (government shutdown).
Anyone who can’t get 7 democrats to agree with a budget obviously is fucking up badly. Maybe by giving huge tax breaks to scummy billionaires and taking away affordable medical care
TBF the last time 7 dems agreed to continue we got John Oliver to spend an entire episode roasting Chuck Schumer about his imaginary friends.
I hope I never do anything so horrible to warrant that treatment, I might never recover.