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goudist
Cowards
TheDreadPirateJayneCobb
If ever we needed legal weed, it's between now and November
DildoSwaggens
If Trump had any balls or brains he would pardon all nonviolent drug offenders.
grifterdawg
Democrats are afraid of Trump signing it.
NewtGinGrinch
Where's the election security bills from the House? Why hasn't Trump demanded those if the election is so "rigged" and insecure ?
eion85
Good, the Senate isn't passing anything the House is passing anyway.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Unless it's the Enabling Act of 1933
eion85
Solid fascism development reference.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Danke.
NewtGinGrinch
"..concern that voting on a cannabis reform bill while another round of coronavirus relief legislation is unresolved would be bad optics "
goudist
So are they going to hash out coronavirus relief and move to other topics or just sit on ass for the next 6 weeks?
NewtGinGrinch
Does the GOP require this bill before they can give a stimulus? What about those election security bills? What's the point of passing shit?
goudist
Is the timeline post stimulus and election security bills or post election? Fuck'em for dragging their feet on any of it.
NewtGinGrinch
The timeline is we pass shit they claim to want, and they block it. Why pass shit they claim to NOT want then??!
goudist
They're supposed to vote on (pass) things to represent the people in their districts. Who does pounding-off for 6 weeks represent the fine
JeffGodofBiscuits
It would be interesting (purely from a intellectual standpoint) to see what effect trump legalizing would have on his numbers.
JeffGodofBiscuits
I mean, on one hand, it would bring in lots of alternative voters, but on the other, it would certainly piss off some of his core supporters
DildoSwaggens
I don’t think his base would be offended.
Cabreza
His core supporters would pull an about face and claim they always wanted it legalized but it was the Dems stopping them.
tocfanke4
Exactly. Republicans are totally in favor of balanced budgets and reducing the debt when they're not in power. Then crickets after.
JeffGodofBiscuits
NewtGinGrinch
Not all of em. There are some religious people that aren't budging on this. I know a few.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
How do they feel about the 200,000 dead, murdered black people, or the forced hysterectomies in detention camps? None of that is pious.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
I'm not downvoting you for their opinions but have you challenged them?
NewtGinGrinch
I can tell you that too. They've been convinced those deaths are old sick people who would have died anyway. They think the murdered black
MadCat221
Piety != morality, despite their insistence otherwise, and also evidenced by them.
quade
Because they need the Senate to win it. And after 2020, the Senate will be majority Democrats, who love drugs. *crosses fingers*
Tanwolf
The next Senate won't get a chance to vote on it. If it's not voted on by the end of the year, it's dead and will need to be re-introduced.
Tanwolf
Their plan is to vote on it after the election. This would mean that they don't want their vote to affect the election.
quade
No, this means they're waiting on the election to result in more Democrats after the election.
Tanwolf
You don't understand how it works. The newly elected representatives won't be sworn in until next year. At the end of this current session,>
Tanwolf
all bills expire. There won't be different people voting on it nor will there be a different president that would have to sign it.