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Staff US Congress voting options during Covid19 [pdf]
- anigbrowl 7y agoBy far the best option is to use the existing House rules and current practices Good grief. The fact that the US Congress doesn't already have a contingency plan ready for this extremity is a dereliction of duty and the sign of a failed state - one that believes in the magic of its own customary behaviors rather than any practical considerations. I mean, one of the planes on 9-11 was intended to hit the US Congress. You'd think that would have been sufficient motivation to dust off cold war-era continuity plans and reimagine them for the possible catastrophes of a new era but instead the USA has opted to institutionalize its sclerosis to the point of ossification. The USA is becoming a failed state in near real time. I'm sure that statement will seem hyperbolic to many readers but I think most of you have little conception of just how abruptly institutions can collapse.