/2 The House can still pass bills by unanimous consent despite being out of session. That means if Schumer & Pelosi reach a deal with Republicans, the House can pass it by UC unless a member objects. Which is what Rep. Massie tried to do on 3/27 with CARES Act
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So......no phase 4?
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Maybe they need to read the chief
’s twitter account. Isn’t there an emergency?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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We literally declared a national emergency and all states are in concurrent state of emergency for the first time ever (per a headline). Define emergency, please.
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Good thing we are not in the middle of a national emergency.
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2000 Americans dying a day don't count if they're mostly in blue states.
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currently in an emergency
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Making all allowances for the difficulties in our current situation, keeping the House on the sidelines makes it nigh impossible to promote fair elections, oversight of executive branch spending, the US Postal Service or anything else between now and next month.
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"barring some emergency" is some understated humor here...
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There is, in fact, an emergency
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