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Cory Booker has been filibustering for a while, but there's no legislation that he's stalling.

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[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago (19 children)

Legitimate question: what is he actually disrupting?

[–] ScrewCapital@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (18 children)

Procedure, he's not letting the Senate do anything at all. They have to sit there and do nothing until he stops.

Unlike a filibuster he can't be voted down, and he can do this as long as he's able to stand and speak.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

he's not letting the Senate do anything at all

I really need you to think about what you're saying here: What would the senate be doing if he wasn't speaking, and will that now not happen as a result of his speaking? Delaying things by a day or three doesn't mean anything if they still happen.

[–] ScrewCapital@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe if we said "good job do more of this" in a day or three or every day they would do something like this?

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