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Filibuster what, exactly? Trump is doing all of this damage with executive orders.
He’s making wild power grabs by EO because they’re not being challenged - outside some judges blocking the most egregious overreaches.
Congress has the lion’s share of the government power - the purse string - if they choose to use it. Nothing moves or happens without money in America.
It’s even worse than that. Democrats forced a 15-day vote against Trump’s emergency executive order. The Republicans in Congress redefined the entire congressional calendar as a single day, just to avoid holding the vote. Every last Republican in Congress is complicit.
Source? I can’t find anything linking the legislative schedule to a snap change, just dry press releases of ‘here’s the planned calendar’ and official announcements.
https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hres211/BILLS-119hres211eh.pdf
On average, between 4,000 and 5,000 bills are considered in Congress every session.
Democrats should filibuster every one that makes it to the floor until Trump is out of office. Zero wins.
True, but Republicans haven’t brought a bill for a Senate vote this term as far as I’m aware. Have you seen a bill vote yet?
7 bills have passed the Senate, one has been signed into law: Congress.gov search
(note: the filter doesn't include bills starting in the House, but there aren't any relevant ones)
Also, the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025" and "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" were "filibustered" (failed to reach cloture).
Nope, but I have seen the Democrats hand away their leverage and capitulate to fascists.
Hence point #1.