民主党发飚了，把参议院shut down了
Democrats to halt Senate business over Obamacare repeal
By JENNIFER HABERKORN 06/19/2017 11:32 AM EDT Updated 06/19/2017 12:28 PM
EDT
Democrats will grind Senate business to a halt in a protest against
Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare.
Beginning Monday night, Democrats will start objecting to all unanimous
consent requests in the Senate, according to a Democratic aide. They plan to control the floor of the chamber Monday night and try to force the House-
passed health care bill to committee in a bid to further delay it.
Without the votes to block Obamacare repeal, Democrats are turning to
procedural moves they believe will underscore their most powerful argument: Republicans are hiding their repeal plan from the public and using Senate
procedures to keep it a secret.
"Republicans are drafting this bill in secret because they're ashamed of it, plain and simple," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. "These are
merely the first steps we're prepared to take in order to shine a light on
this shameful Trumpcare bill and reveal to the public the GOP's true
intentions: to give the uber-wealthy a tax break while making middle class
Americans pay more for less health care coverage. If Republicans won't
relent and debate their health care bill in the open for the American people to see, then they shouldn't expect business as usual in the Senate."
Holding the floor on Monday evening won’t change the timing of a health
care vote. And Democrats are unlikely to be able to force the House bill to committee or delay it. But it will force Republicans to answer for what
Democrats say is a rushed process and bad policy.
Some Senate Democrats also are preparing to block lengthy committee hearings beginning on Tuesday, although Democratic leaders have not announced or
confirmed that decision. Any senator can block a hearing from extending past the first two hours of the Senate's day. But when partisan tensions are
high, the hearing requests are sometimes denied to make a point.
这不就是占领大学宿舍的翻版么？民主党果然是上下一体，连招数都一样。
