Posted on 06/28/2026 1:08:49 AM PDT by RandFan
@OcrazioCornPop
Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) just gaveled in her SECOND pro forma session in two days for @LeaderJohnThune, BLOCKING work on the SAVE America Act AND Trump's recess appointments!
The Senate is OFF FOR 19 DAYS!
SHOULDN'T @realDonaldTrump use Article II Section 3 and CALL THEM BACK NOW TO Pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT!?
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They do this often and continuously to block executive/recess appointments. It's good to see it being exposed.
Blocking the appointments is perhaps even more unforgivable.
The 17th Amendment is the WORST legislation ever produced by our country, before passage Senators were elected by state representatives who were responsible for their own state districts. Today it is mob rule by one of two political parties, the dems and RINOs. This not what the Founders had in mind when The Great Compromise was written into the Constitution and look what it has evolved into these days.
The Senate today days is controlled by one of the two political mobs and represents themselves/uniparty more than state legislators who would have spoken for the state’s residents. This how those POS McConnell/Thune running the fake Republicans the last decades has happened.
MAGA has to evolve into its own party and the GOPe must die if there is to be any future for this country.
The 17A a direct assault on republicanism.
The Constitution acts on the people and the states; to deny a component member of the greater republic a seat at the legislative table is tyranny.
Only the occasional scotus decision stands between the states and their complete subservience to a national government.
It led to a politicized scotus, which at times attempts to serve the 10th Amendment political duties of the states. At other times it imposes elite social justice diktats like abortion and homosexual marriage on a defenseless society.
The 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913.
You know what else we got in 1913?
The federal income tax, with ratification the 16th Amendment. And creation of the Federal Reserve.
The timing of all 3 was not a coinkydink.
As predicted in Nov 2024, after the election, the GOP will partner with the communist party to impede all policy efforts that Trump makes...
This is a repeat of Trump’s first (2017-2020) term...
Why all passed in 1913 is a good study.
Ralph Rossum wrote “Federalism, the Supreme Court and the 17th Amendment” a few years ago. I deduced from my reading that the press was pushing for all those amendments, and Woodrow Wilson surfed the political waves.
Senators were criticized as elitists controlled by big steel and railroads. Maybe yes, maybe no - it depends on what your meaning of ‘control’ is - but they stopped the desire for the masses to vote for benefits from the treasury, and the corruption of judicial appointments.
I wrote that the State-appointed Senators were the guardians of the Tenth Amendment. Now, the States have no official check on government control.
The 17th needs to be repealed.
Then the 19th and the 16th.
L
LOL… Keep dreaming!
And all this time I thought that pesky constitution thingie gave the Vice President the power over the senate.....
Giving women the vote will be the downfall of Western Civilization.
You are a prime example of that.
L
Can somebody explain how the Senate can be in a legitimate, Constitutional “session” when it is unable to deal with legislation?
John Thune is an empty suit.
If Josh Hawley was Senate Majority Leader, Voter ID would already be in force.
100 Senators vetted by Soros would be in the Senate today if it wasn't for the 17th Amendment.
All he would have to do is to give $$$ to State GOP and they would pick the Senator (from the Soros list).
There are some flaws with the 17th Amendment obviously but direct election of Senators is preferred rather than having the State Legislature where they can be easily corrupted by someone like Soros.
We had some problems with Senators from Texas and Louisiana. At least we were able to remove them in the primary this time.
Before the 17th Amendment, the State GOP in their states will just nominate Cassidy and Cornyn again and there's nothing we can do about it.
LOL!
Whatever you say.
Josh Hawley has gaveled the same session.
Exactly. The house represents the people, the senate represents the states and the president represents the country. As it should be.
“direct election of Senators is preferred rather than having the State Legislature where they can be easily corrupted by someone like Soros.”
That’s ridiculous, each senator’s perspective state is already corrupted by the national party, it could be the feckless GOPe or the dems who are already polluted by Soros for example.
At least having senators by elected state reps (my state has 110) who are in turn elected by citizens and held accountable we would have a different country today.
Thought question: How would you have gotten McConnell/Thune out of power and bust up the national GOPe? The Founders couldn’t stand political parties.
Trump should just declare that any session of the Senate that does not include a quorum of senators as non-existent and proceed with this recess appointments.
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