Full list of Democrats who voted to advance Trump-backed GOP funding bill
The following Democrats [and one independent] voted to advance the Republican continuing resolution, which was backed by President Donald Trump:
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
- Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
- Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
- Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii
- Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
- Senator Gary Peters of Michigan
- Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
- Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
- Senator Angus King of Maine, an independent who frequently caucuses with Democrats
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-democrats-voted-trump-gop-spending-bill-2045209Open linkView original on lemmy.world667
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Traitors. Get rid of all of them.
Cuck Schumer primary assfuck him immediately
This was the only bit of leverage democrats had, the future of US democracy now lies with the judiciary, any future elections will be a farce.
The judiciary that is irreparably compromised already?
That's the one
Many Democrat peers are urging AOC to do just that.
How would she be able to do that?
It’s as complicated as filing two short forms with the FEC and raising a minimum of $5,000 specifically for a senate campaign.
So to answer your question, she would file 2 forms with the FEC + have someone give her $5k.
She can run for Schumer’s seat. She lives in NY, she’s been a citizen for over 9 years, and she’s over 30 years old. Those are the qualifications.
Schumer isn't up for re-election.
He will be eventually. That’s the process to primary him.
His current term ends on January 3, 2029.
Today is March 14, 2025.
unfortunately he cant be removed till the end of his term, but he can be removed as senate minority leader, immediately, and removed from all his committees. Lets see if the dems have the stones to do that. If they dont, they are all complicit.
They'll get riiiiight on that
not
Call your senator and ask them to remove him
Don't like the guy, but no need to kink shame
He's not up for re election.
Primary everyone on this list.
This is exactly what the right wing has done over a couple decades and it's worked fine for them. People either lost their seats or got so scared of the constant opposition they fell in line.
Let's not water down the term "traitor" during, well... you know.
As a very dumb person, is what the Dems that voted for this said wrong? Is there a chance that Asshat Trump and his Billionaire Butt Buddy would go on an unchecked rampage without Congress in session? Or is that just bull crap? I don't know enough about how everything works when congress shuts down.
No, that is the flimsiest of excuses. First of all, how could the presidents rampage more beyond what has already transpired? Secondly, republicans love to throw tantrums and shut down the govt all the time. This wouldn’t be much different except it would show the dems are actually willing to fight with the tools they have. Unfortunately, Schumer’s maneuver shows they are not. It’s beyond pathetic.
Dems need to stop obeying in advance. Make Trump actually DO the bad things so that his base continues to feel the effects.
I don't care if it's cloture or the actual bill itself...
There should be zero Dems voting "yes" on any-fucking-thing these MAGAt bastards want.
Blatant and complete obstruction is the only way to play this hand for the foreseeable future.
Those Dems that do vote yes... 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕
Cloture vote required 60 for passage, final passage is only a majority. Cloture is literally the only time the minority party can assert itself, and they just gave it up.
The cloture vote required 60 senators. That was the only chance for Democrats to stop this bill. He (and the others) then voted no, so they could say he voted against the bill, but they knew damn well that only in the cloture vote they actually could stop it.
Jeanne Shaheen already announced that she's not running for reelection...and she STILL voted for the CR. Not to mention that 4 of the other Dems are from the bluest of states.
What fucking bullshit.
Dick Durbin always seems to find a way to be on the wrong side. I have no idea why he keeps getting reelected.
No one runs against him and even if someone were, he's the incumbent with party backing and all of the name recognition that comes with the decades of doing it.
Why can't those years of shit be used against him?
It could, but the democratic party is okay with his performance. They're not going to bankroll attack ads on their own incumbent senator, so whoever tries to primary him would need to finance their own campaign.
Doesn’t want to jeopardize her payday after her term ends.
That's the last time I vote for Gary Peters. Good riddance. Fucking cowards!
But Fetterman just blasted the Dems for showing up at a fight with a casserole. How did he turn to then serving the casserole?
His brain is casserole after the stroke.
Hey that's an insult to casserole
Fetterman was either bought or blackmailed by AIPAC.
Fetterman was always fake. The people in his hometown know. It's just that against an even worse fake he can still look okay
Yeah, he or Dr Oz, that was really a shitty choice.
It's interesting that no one in the media talks about how Fetterman was one of the most progressive politicians, then he had a stroke and started taking the maga side on a lot of things.
It tracks with a lot of other anecdotal evidence (e.g. Tila Tequila becoming a nazi after an aneurysm, some lady in a recent Channel 5 video said she became pro-Trump following a head injury in a car accident, a couple of people in my personal life, RFK Jr. obviously). I'm not saying all magas are brain damaged - there's many different reasons I'm sure. But someone's gotta at least start asking the question. There is at least this study which ties brain damage to religious fundamentalism, which isn't exactly politics but it's pretty darn close.
Yes, let's not forget the country has been taken over by religious zealots who believe in the rapture among other things.
Ironically we are the ones who are cooked
Full Letter.
When party stops representing the people it is time for the people to begin representing themselves.
That time was around 50 years ago.
I just contacted both my senators to thank them for their no votes and to encourage them both to work on removing Schumer from his minority leader position.
This is why we need a real party of the left rather than fascists and fascist-lites. Because when push comes to shove the fascist-lites will always side with the fascists and betray the common man
Agreed, the Dems are a lost cause and this is yet another time they’ve proven it.
Hawaii has been sucking recently
They also gave us Tulsi Gabbard.
They really Schatz the bed
traitors!
Add them to the list.
Was this the swamp that needed draining?
Jokes aside, I can't see why a swamp would need draining beyond the needs of expanding suburban sprawl. Leave the wonderfully diverse ecosystems be, to flourish and rot in peace.
I don't know about various state laws, but if those states happen to have recall abilities, now would be the time to recall those senators.
Holy shit did murica ever die with a whimper. Maybe not even a whimper, but I don't what's less
A hiccup.
Fuck all these assholes with a cheese grater.
If you believe the Democratic leadership is truly against the Republican agenda, you are being duped. It’s all kayfabe. They’re all rich and corrupt, and they all stand to gain from this.
It took me a minute, but now I see you have their God-given names listed. Well done.
Seems like he did it, because he has a very important book tour https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/14/2310308/-Schumer-s-Book-Tour
And fighting for us would mess up his schedule.
Do you have any info on these traitors stopping in Illinois? I'd like to pay them a visit.
It is just Schumer and this list looks better (sorry for Reddit link):
https://old.reddit.com/r/protest/comments/1jb3wd9/protest_schumers_book_tour_dates_in_baltimore_nyc/
I don't see Illinois though
Schumer, the fuck dude?
Unpopular opinion: Republicans/Maga want to destroy the public sector. Why give the Republicans what they want? The dems stand for the public sector. Fight the Republicans but please use other means than shutting down a sector that is already under attack of Maga.
Do they?
The Republicans control both houses. If they can't get a CR passed by themselves, they need to make significant compromises to pass a bipartisan bill, which they haven't done. That's basic politics and it's been the case for hundreds of years.
Acting like this is the Democrats fault is nonsense. If the government can't pay the bills the people of the country need to finally see the incompetence and disdain for the American people that this administration has.
As for the public sector workers, if you think this will save them you're completely mistaken. This buys them weeks or a couple of months at most. Maybe a government shut down will remind the people what public servants do for them so they can start opposing this butchery of the government.
If the Republicans wanted that they'd have done it.
Trump could have just vetoed the spending bill when it came to his desk. He didn't need the Democrats to bow he just wanted to see if they would.
EDIT: I was wrong. The minimum seems to have been 7 or 8.
Why are the exactly ten, the minimum number required to advance the vote?Are you sure? It was 62-48 I think they only needed 60.
Also freaking Rand Paul voted no.
I always forget about Angus King... How does that dude always fly under the radar?
I'm a Mainer and will be sure to call his office. It's so pathetic the Democrats and King dropped our only leverage for free. When it's the Republicans trump they always pull a stunt regarding funding the government.
Well I already knew that Durbin is a shithead, but at least we still have Duckworth here in IL.
Collaborators will not be forgiven.
And when they sabotage the primaries to keep their opponents from taking the nominations, you liberals will still vote for them because they're somehow a lesser evil despite fully cooperating with the greater evil.
A terribly difficult choice. Not black or white at all.
https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-statement-on-the-continuing-resolution/
They just gave Trump a blank check with our money. There's nothing difficult about this choice. They had leverage, they failed to apply it at any point.
If they wanted to shut down the government they could just not present any bill at all.
Now the changes they did are codified.