A messy fight over whether the U.S. government can conduct warrantless surveillance of American citizens could come down to whether four Democrats endorse Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest plan.
Johnson was stymied this month when he attempted to push through a reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The roadblock came thanks to opposition from most Democrats, plus 20 hard-right members of the GOP caucus.
The four Democrats are Reps. Gottheimer, Suozzi, Gluesenkamp Perez, and Golden
I don’t think all Democrats have been purchased by conservatives to prevent any progress from happening, but obviously some have. Because you don’t need all of them, you only need just enough to give the right wing fascist shit like this one or two extra Dems to get it to pass.
The blue dog caucus or whatever it’s called is fucking packed with dems who seem to exist only to fuck over the democratic party