SandyHertzog

On DHS bill: Using a middle of the night rush to the floor tactic, there was no need for the 60 vote threshold. It ended the SAME WAY a talking filibuster would end. “I know of no further debate on the bill” When everyone is exhausted, there’s no one left to debate. And yet, they tell you they can’t pass the SAVE America Act. But they sure can defund ICE!

Senate leadership sent notice of the DHS bill at 12:55am. Then a voice vote was held at 2:19am. The notice said, “with a substitute amendment” and gave no description of the substitute. The legislative language of the substitute was not sent around to GOP Senate staff. (Idk about Dems.) If you’re a staffer watching your email at that hour (some were!) you had to request the language of the bill. Track down leadership staff to find out how quickly this is moving. Try to read and understand it quickly. Understand how it changed from the original. Get your boss on the phone and explain it. Talk to other staffers to figure out if there’s a coalition to block it — they don’t know — their boss is trying to decide what to do too. Whoops, your one hour is up, the bill is passing and nothing you can do. Purposefully sneaky. They can do this kind of maneuver to not fund immigration enforcement. They would never dream of doing it for your priorities.