US Senate passes Republican funding bill to dismay of House Democrats
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Bill to avert shutdown passes 54-46 but furious progressives accuse yes-vote senators of acquiescing to Trump

Summary

Democratic divisions intensified as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi sharply criticized Chuck Schumer for supporting a Republican-led funding bill to avoid a government shutdown.

AOC called Schumer’s decision a “betrayal,” urging Senate Democrats to reject the legislation backed by Trump and Elon Musk. Pelosi called the bill a “devastating assault” on working families.

Schumer defended his stance, arguing a shutdown would empower Trump and Musk further.

The controversy sparked suggestions among Democrats that AOC might challenge Schumer in a primary.

    • HiddenLychee@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      As far left as I am, that would guarantee the Republicans would win every election until we get ranked choice vote

      • tamal3@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 month ago

        This is what we need to be talking about as a country right now. How do we open up the political binary to include viable third parties? Does that require proportional representation? Does that require a parliamentary system?

        I know in NC getting a third party on the ballot requires signatures and a portion of the vote in the previous election. Those bars are too high and risky. What is another path?