Why does the House, the larger of the two legislative bodies, not simply eat the Senate
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Why does the House, the larger of the two legislative bodies, not simply eat the Senate
Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
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November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
the most important thing about legislative politics that people often do not understand is that legislative leaders are only as powerful as their caucus permit
i think the best way to understand schumer is that he’s a figurehead for the marginal dem and does not really possess any agency at all. he’s sort of an outcome agnostic actor. a personified power vacuum
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
the most important thing about legislative politics that people often do not understand is that legislative leaders are only as powerful as their caucus permit
Literally nothing this week vis a vis Schumer and legislative strategy will change that we're just going to end up here again in Feb 2026, literally nothing is 'resolved'
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Literally nothing this week vis a vis Schumer and legislative strategy will change that we're just going to end up here again in Feb 2026, literally nothing is 'resolved'
LIVE UPDATES ON SENATE VOTE
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SUSAN COLLINS, CHUCK SCHUMER, & BERNIE SANDERS TO SPEAK FOR 5 MINUTES EACH BEFORE THE VOTE
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SUSAN COLLINS, CHUCK SCHUMER, & BERNIE SANDERS TO SPEAK FOR 5 MINUTES EACH BEFORE THE VOTE
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November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
LIVE UPDATES ON SENATE VOTE
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
SUSAN COLLINS, CHUCK SCHUMER, & BERNIE SANDERS TO SPEAK FOR 5 MINUTES EACH BEFORE THE VOTE
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
SUSAN COLLINS, CHUCK SCHUMER, & BERNIE SANDERS TO SPEAK FOR 5 MINUTES EACH BEFORE THE VOTE
No more anti-democratic or anti-egalitarian legislative “traditions.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
No more anti-democratic or anti-egalitarian legislative “traditions.”
At the state legislative level, Mississippi Democrats have broken a GOP supermajority in the state Senate after flipping two seats in that chamber plus another pickup in the state House.
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At the state legislative level, Mississippi Democrats have broken a GOP supermajority in the state Senate after flipping two seats in that chamber plus another pickup in the state House.
I wish we had a functional legislative branch of government, man.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I wish we had a functional legislative branch of government, man.
Wish I could say something more weighty than "clown shit" but this is clown shit, not serious legislative maneuvers from the Democratic Senate Whip. Durbin's big ask is a pointless symbolic vote, even if it passes (it won't) Speaker Johnson said the House will never take it up.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wish I could say something more weighty than "clown shit" but this is clown shit, not serious legislative maneuvers from the Democratic Senate Whip. Durbin's big ask is a pointless symbolic vote, even if it passes (it won't) Speaker Johnson said the House will never take it up.
In my experience, Pat Fitz would never get snarky in a court filing.
Abbe Lowell, on the other hand ...
Abbe Lowell, on the other hand ...
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In my experience, Pat Fitz would never get snarky in a court filing.
Abbe Lowell, on the other hand ...
Abbe Lowell, on the other hand ...
After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing. https://to.pbs.org/3LFa4yR
Johnson calls House back into session after refusing to convene during shutdown
After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing. https://to.pbs.org/3LFa4yR
4) Senate Dems did get something out of the negotiations w/r/t power of the purse. They protected the legislative branch, notably GAO. But it's something they already had that was under threat, not something they won. Same is true with the RIFs. Same is true with SNAP.
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
4) Senate Dems did get something out of the negotiations w/r/t power of the purse. They protected the legislative branch, notably GAO. But it's something they already had that was under threat, not something they won. Same is true with the RIFs. Same is true with SNAP.
Some say we shouldn't take actions we know will be met with legislative disdain. I say: do not comply in advance.
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Some say we shouldn't take actions we know will be met with legislative disdain. I say: do not comply in advance.
They did this to save the filibuster. That’s more important to them than your health care and their signature legislative achievement of the 21st century
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
They did this to save the filibuster. That’s more important to them than your health care and their signature legislative achievement of the 21st century
So proud to be from New Mexico today! Our Governor has called a special legislative session to ensure New Mexicans continue to get food assistance while the Trump Admin and the GOP play politics with people’s lives. Thank you, @govmlg.bsky.social, for your unwavering leadership and commitment!
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So proud to be from New Mexico today! Our Governor has called a special legislative session to ensure New Mexicans continue to get food assistance while the Trump Admin and the GOP play politics with people’s lives. Thank you, @govmlg.bsky.social, for your unwavering leadership and commitment!
Another fastball from Jeffries. The more they drop legislative Hill speak the better.
Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Another fastball from Jeffries. The more they drop legislative Hill speak the better.
All of the answers for “fixing cannabis” are gonna come at the legislative level. Presidential politics is a sucker’s bet for weed. The overarching categories for unwinding weed from federal law and enforcement would be:
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
All of the answers for “fixing cannabis” are gonna come at the legislative level. Presidential politics is a sucker’s bet for weed. The overarching categories for unwinding weed from federal law and enforcement would be:
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
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A Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is supposed to occur the second week of December, but it is NOT A PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE TEXT.
The Senate still has to debate amendments & then vote for the final language. Then the bill has to go back to the House for a vote on final passage.
A Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is supposed to occur the second week of December, but it is NOT A PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE TEXT.
The Senate still has to debate amendments & then vote for the final language. Then the bill has to go back to the House for a vote on final passage.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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A Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is supposed to occur the second week of December, but it is NOT A PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE TEXT.
The Senate still has to debate amendments & then vote for the final language. Then the bill has to go back to the House for a vote on final passage.
A Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is supposed to occur the second week of December, but it is NOT A PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE TEXT.
The Senate still has to debate amendments & then vote for the final language. Then the bill has to go back to the House for a vote on final passage.
My Big Senate Conspiracy Theory is that it's basically a 100 member "Good Vibes Only, No Drama, Drama Banned" groupchat with legislative powers
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My Big Senate Conspiracy Theory is that it's basically a 100 member "Good Vibes Only, No Drama, Drama Banned" groupchat with legislative powers
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
In einem Sieg für die Wähler hat ein Gericht in Utah die von den Reps. kontrollierten Legislative beschlossene Wahlkreisreform und ein damit einhergehendes Gesetz zur Festigung der Macht einer Partei für ungültig erklärt und damit eine faire Wahlkreiseinteilung für die Wahlen 2026 wiederhergestellt.
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In einem Sieg für die Wähler hat ein Gericht in Utah die von den Reps. kontrollierten Legislative beschlossene Wahlkreisreform und ein damit einhergehendes Gesetz zur Festigung der Macht einer Partei für ungültig erklärt und damit eine faire Wahlkreiseinteilung für die Wahlen 2026 wiederhergestellt.
A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans.
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
The shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. What happens to them now?
A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made privat...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans.
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
https://to.pbs.org/3XksAz5
Real talk you’re seeing Utah Republican state legislators freak the fuck out realizing that if someone sues over the legislative maps they are probably getting slapped down and having to run on fair maps for the first time ever
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Real talk you’re seeing Utah Republican state legislators freak the fuck out realizing that if someone sues over the legislative maps they are probably getting slapped down and having to run on fair maps for the first time ever