House Minority Leader Jeffries, NJ Sen. Booker hold sit-in protest on Capitol steps
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Titled "An Urgent Conversation with the American People," the 8-hour livestreamed discussion comes ahead of Congress' return to session on Monday.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBejfVOUmBs

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Titled “An Urgent Conversation with the American People,” the livestreamed discussion comes ahead of Congress’ return to session on Monday.

A statement released by both officials’ offices said in part, “Republican leaders have made clear their intention to use the coming weeks to advance a reckless budget scheme to President Trump’s desk that seeks to gut Medicaid, food assistance and basic needs programs that help people, all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Given what’s at stake, these could be some of the most consequential weeks for seniors, kids and families in generations.”

According to the statement, Rep. Jeffries and Sen. Booker plan to speak to shared American values and the nation’s religious and moral underpinnings, and how the budget bill opposes these beliefs. They also plan to affirm to Americans watching the livestream that their voices matter, especially in this moment in time.

    • Wilco@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      15 hours ago

      They are. They will not bite the hand that feeds and those billionaires are the ones feeding them. Citizens United and Super PACs are pure corruption.

    • turtlesareneat@discuss.onlineEnglish
      112·
      22 hours ago

      Honestly what do they, as individual career politicians in a now-nakedly-corrupt industry, stand to gain from fixing any of it? Their actions are primariy about advancing their careers because Congress has been broken for years and what else would they do?

      The consultant’s credo is, “if you can’t be part of the solution, there’s good money to be made in prolonging the problem.”

      Meaning the politician’s credo is now the reverse “There’s good money to be made in prolonging the problem, you won’t be part of the solution.”

      • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        19 hours ago

        Absolutely, in a rapidly developing corrupt oligarchy, you’re going to see the people in power rapidly distill into two groups, the ideologically committed and the aspiring oligarchs, and I think you’re going to find the latter group is significantly larger than the former.