Jonathan Cohn
jonathancohn.bsky.social
Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
Yep. Median age of a senator is 65!

Next week, there will be as many senators over 90 as under 40.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Yeah, motions to table are messy to phrase.

There is a ban in the base bill.

There is an amendment to strike the ban.

Rather than voting on the amendment, the Senate votes on a motion to table the amendment (i.e., kill it).

These 24 voted against that motion.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Yeah, it's awkward because the Senate often takes up motions to table, which is a vote to kill an amendment without voting on the amendment itself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Of the list who were against banning hemp products, these were the only ones under 60. What I got from looking up their ages is the realization of how old everyone is. LOL

Booker
Cruz
Gallego
Murphy
Ossoff
Schatz
Warnock
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Not just alcohol, but cash-rich cannabis producers in legal states who want to keep the market cornered in their dispensaries and see hemp products sold in convenience stores as an existential threat to their business.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
LOL

Yes: these are people who would have supported the amendment.

I hate it when they vote to table things, sending everything into double negatives.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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They're definitely doing elder abuse and showing him AI videos all day
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM