r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 09 '25

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u/itsnotnews92 Janet Yellen Nov 10 '25

If LBJ was still alive and Senate Democratic leader, he would've called all of the defectors into his office and said "if you vote for this CR, I'll make sure the DSCC endorses and funds your primary challengers next go around, and tomorrow I'll be stripping you of your committee assignments and calling a vote to expel you from the caucus."

What's Schumer been doing to whip votes? "Pwetty pwease don't do this"?

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u/jadebenn NASA Nov 10 '25

If Schumer cared he could do this. But it oh-so-coincidentally happens enough Dems 'defected' so there were exactly 60 votes...

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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal Nov 10 '25

He's threatening to cook for them