Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Petition to demand Senate unanimous consent

This is one of those tactics Cenk talked about. We must demand our Democratic Senators use it to keep the Repugs from approving another Twit Supreme Corp nominee. We must take a stand right here and now or lose our hard fought civil rights for at least a generation. From Demand Progress:

"Donald Trump has made it clear he plans to nominate a right-wing extremist to the Supreme Court, and Mitch McConnell has vowed to speed them to confirmation. The best chance we have to stop this is for Democrats to shut down the Senate, as we explain below. Yesterday Democrats delayed Senate activity in a protest against a rush to confirm a SCOTUS nominee. But some Senate Democrats are scared to act.

"The Senate runs on unanimous consent. If a single Senator objects to anything, even routine procedure, everything grinds to a halt. That is what Senate Democrats must do: block unanimous consent on every single thing for the rest of the year. It may be our best chance to stop Trump and McConnell. Will you help?

"Senate Democrats can block every motion, force every bill to be read in full, and use a wide range of parliamentary tactics to shut down the Senate between now and January, when new Senators and the president are inaugurated."

Sign the petition: Shut down the Senate to stop Trump and McConnell from picking RBG's successor!

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