This is a common, boring, toothless tactic routinely used by whichever party is currently in the minority in the Senate. Tommy Tuberville did it in 2023. JD Vance did it in 2023. Tom Cotton did it in 2022. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz did it in 2021. Tammy Duckworth and Chuck Grassley did it in 2020. Chuck Schumer did it in 2019. Tim Scott did it in 2018. And on and on and on...

Blumenthal was Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011, when he was elected to the Senate. His net worth is about $100 million. He can afford to take real, actual action against Trump, but he's not. Instead, we get a press release that he's taking his turn to drag his feet a little while Trump drives us off a cliff.

He's part of the Problem Class.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Whoa, how do you keep tabs on all of this?

[–] Rivalarrival 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most search engines (duckduckgo) allow you to set a custom date range for your search. Repeat the same search ("Senator blocks nominees") year by year, and you keep getting different names for the same pointless stunt.

We are in desperate need of a Guillotine Party to (politically) sever the oligarch heads from the Democratic body.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

I'd be happy with "literally" to be frank. And thanks for your informative reply.

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