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tritsofme

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9. There will still be pro-forma sessions every few days, there hasn't been a real recess since like 2006.

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Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:31 PM

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A crazy theory on what Johnson and Thune may be doing here. [View all] Wiz Imp Yesterday OP

You're right; they aren't that clever- biophile 23 hrs ago #1

Are you sure? The bill passed with a veto proof majority Raven123 23 hrs ago #2

doesn't matter. Wiz Imp 23 hrs ago #5

Nothing would stop the same bill being forced back in December EdmondDantes_ 23 hrs ago #10

I agree with that, but you still have to factor in that Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #12

Seems rather conspiratorial given it was 527-1 EdmondDantes_ 22 hrs ago #15

Not remotely conspiratorial Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #17

Illogical, but I learned something Raven123 23 hrs ago #11

He doesn't think twice. Iggo 22 hrs ago #18

Twice is two times more than he thinks dpibel 21 hrs ago #19

You sure? I think 2 is five time more than he thinks Jerry2144 21 hrs ago #22

500 percent, 600 percent, 1400 percent! dpibel 20 hrs ago #28

But pee wee german does. niyad 21 hrs ago #21

Both houses have been using pro-forma sessions... appmanga 20 hrs ago #32

Winning answer. bottomofthehill 19 hrs ago #33

This is possinle, BUT i gotta say again, their plan is bluestarone 23 hrs ago #3

Will be hard for them to justify enough to get around the text of the bill Wiz Imp 23 hrs ago #6

I hear ya, but bluestarone 23 hrs ago #7

Try not to post on any social media that the stooges read vapor2 23 hrs ago #4

This is victim Haley Robson from this morning Wiz Imp 23 hrs ago #8

There will still be pro-forma sessions every few days, there hasn't been a real recess since like 2006. tritsofme 23 hrs ago #9

That's why I said it was highly unlikely, but it was done very frequently in the past Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #14

The same process that has prevented recess appointments since 2007 would prevent this as well tritsofme 22 hrs ago #16

You say they aren't that clever. Yet, could that be why karynnj 22 hrs ago #13

They may not be that clever. .but pee wee german is. Which may explain niyad 21 hrs ago #20

"It would not be a good look" is the understatement of the year Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #23

I doubt this maneuvering will be necessary. LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #24

Ridiculous. "scrubbing" the files will only make things worse for Trump. Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #25

I think it is more ridiculous to assume that Trump is going to comply with this law. LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #26

And you think that people will accept that the files have no mention of Trump? Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #29

Trump is approaching the point Turbineguy 20 hrs ago #27

The stress of this may actually kill him Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #30

Both houses have been using pro-forma sessions to prevent any shenanigans... appmanga 20 hrs ago #31