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These 9 House Democrats bucked the party and voted against a policing bill
By artappraiser on Thu, 09/22/2022 - 10:28pm |By Michael Schnell @ TheHill.com, Sept. 22
[....] The House approved the bill, titled the Invest to Protect Act, in a 360-64 vote. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) sponsored the measure.
All nine Democrats who voted against the bill are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus: Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), Mark Pocan (Wis.), Andy Levin (Ill.), Maxine Waters (Calif.) and Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.).
A total of 153 Republicans supported the bill, while 55 voted “no.” House Republican leadership did not whip against any of the four policing and public safety measured brought to the floor on Thursday.
The measure seeks to award federal grants to law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officersv which could go towards purchasing body cameras, offering de-escalation training and bolstering recruitment and retention, among other uses.
Bush, a freshman lawmaker, signaled her opposition to the Gottheimer bill Thursday morning: Her spokesperson released a statement outlining the congresswoman’s concerns over a lack of “accountability measures” in the legislation.
That opposition, along with concerns from other members of the progressive “Squad,” put passage of the bill and other policing and public safety measures in jeopardy and delayed debate by roughly three hours. Bush, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Bowman voted against the rule to begin debate on the package of law enforcement bills, and Pressley voted “present.” [....]
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Outright complaints that they are not team players:
by artappraiser on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 1:34am
But some Dems know how to msg:
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/25/2022 - 2:50am
Is EXTREMELY well-made but I wonder how well it targets those swings in FL who would vote for him or is just preaching to the choir.
by artappraiser on Sun, 09/25/2022 - 12:02pm
And *why* do ppl vote that way?
https://digbysblog.net/2022/09/24/will-putting-immigration-back-on-the-m...
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/25/2022 - 12:48pm
It's going to be a miracle if Mandela Barnes doesn't pay for Kenosha and Wauwatosa 2020 et. al. and still wins over Senator Ron Johnson:
from Republicans gain ground in Senate races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Polls show the two contests tightening as ad buys increase and GOP attacks on Democrats gain traction
@ Politico.com, Oct. 5
In Wisconsin all it's going to take is those ads to remind everyone that doesn't live in the Milwaukee ghetto (and the few Woke who are around the universities) that they care more about crime than abortion. They can always travel to Illinois if they need an abortion, but they don't want coddling of crime anywhere. With the Waukesha Christmas parade trial going on. those ads will work double time. GOP money sure knows what it's doing there
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 11:59pm