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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 days agoDHS spending bill passed 220-207 7 Democrats voted in favor: Henry Cuellar Don Davis Laura Gilles Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Jared Golden Vicente Gonzalez Tom Suozzi Massie voted No Andy Harris didn’t vote Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn’t whipping them to do so
minus-squareClassStruggle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·3 days agoThey weren’t whipping up no votes because this is what they wanted. Democrats love the tools of a police state as much as Republicans.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoAnd because Jeffries gave him all his appointments back after Trump pardoned him for corruption.
DHS spending bill passed 220-207
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn’t vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn’t whipping them to do so
They weren’t whipping up no votes because this is what they wanted. Democrats love the tools of a police state as much as Republicans.
And because Jeffries gave him all his appointments back after Trump pardoned him for corruption.