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The Crux of the Isssue (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I suppose those are equally valid points barring further investigation.

I guess my question for you would be, what makes you suspect the Sinemas and Machins of the world are being "fall guys" instead of just being genuine blockers who vote that way to protect their seats in particularly conservative districts?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

what makes you suspect the Sinemas and Machins of the world are being “fall guys” instead of just being genuine blockers

They're granted committee seats by the party leadership in places where they can do the most damage.

Sinema's a freshman senator with a seat on the appropriations committee. That's unheard of for Junior senators.

Manchin's seat on the Energy and Martial Resources committee has given him a voice in pro-coal policy making for decades.

How did they get these positions? Schumer assigned them. He's endorsing their policy as a result.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Hm. I'll have to look into this a bit more. Thank you for your perspective!