Jeffries began a marathon speech just before 5AM EDT, after the budget reconciliation bill moved to a floor vote. A budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered, but he is holding the floor and postponing the vote until citizens are awake to prevent it from passing under the cover of night.
He has been reading letters of concern from his constituents aloud, so Republicans are forced to hear the impact of their support for these cuts.
Hey I was just arguing this with a bunch of people. The left ignores how important building digital communication channels are.
Commenting on Lemmy ain’t it.
It’s really unfortunate Jeffries does this and it’s really only the news that will keep this alive and that’s basically a couple headlines over 24/hrs