BrikoXM to Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 9 months agoUS Senate passes Ukraine aid, but House Speaker refuses to hold votewww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareBrikoXOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down39·9 months ago “I’m never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn’t have the votes.” Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/573976-pelosi-on-infrastructure-bill-im-never-bringing-a-bill-to-the/
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·9 months agoThat’s the opposite. Not bringing a bill that won’t pass has the same basic outcome without wasting everyone’s time.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·9 months agoEven if your example applied, which it doesn’t, it’s from three years ago. In order to be “both sides” the Dems would need to constantly block bills out of spite.
Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/573976-pelosi-on-infrastructure-bill-im-never-bringing-a-bill-to-the/
That’s the opposite. Not bringing a bill that won’t pass has the same basic outcome without wasting everyone’s time.
Even if your example applied, which it doesn’t, it’s from three years ago.
In order to be “both sides” the Dems would need to constantly block bills out of spite.