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This makes it a real deal. This puts the politicians one one side or the other. Are they yay or nay? This will guide people’s decision when it’s time for voting
by iscrewyou 8y ago
This makes it a real deal. This puts the politicians one one side or the other. Are they yay or nay? This will guide people’s decision when it’s time for voting. Especially those who work with Yemeni population. This has an intangible effect even if it doesn’t pass the senate.
Edit: My comment about Yemeni population means that it allows those people to see a outcome and notice it “first” hand the consequences of our voting decisions without actually participating in war. Hope that clears it.
- kevin_b_er 8y agoIt does not. With how the US senate works, the senate leader can just prevent a vote unless a large number of senators force it. If the other party than the one that put the House to the vote just never forces the issue, they will not have to declare a side. The exact tactic was done repeatedly during the US's partial government shutdown. The senate leader blocked bills from a vote. A sufficient number of senators could've called for said vote, but the leader's party actually did not want to be found voting against the government reopening, so the bills to fully reopen the government were stalled for a long time.
- ianai 8y agoThey’re operating on a mixture of rules and mutual understanding. The mutual understanding could change through political outrage, I think.