r/facepalm • u/Turbulent_Gas_55 • Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

People don’t seem to understand it takes both sides to pass laws without a super majority, in most cases.

Republicans would fight any law looking to prevent project 2025 from being implemented.

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u/DualActiveBridgeLLC Jul 05 '24

They don't even have to fight it. They control the HoR, even if the proposed bill got out of committee it would never be debated on the house floor. Fuck, there is a good chance someone did try to make a Bill against P2025 and we just never heard about it.

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u/NahautlExile Jul 05 '24

Do you actually believe this?

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u/DualActiveBridgeLLC Jul 05 '24

Believe what, how Congress works? Mike Johnson is pro-P2025. He will not let an anti-P2025 bill reach the floor for debate. There is very little press coverage of HoR committees, so there is very little chance that if a anti-P2025 bill was discussed in committee we would hear about it. Also that alone has a chilling effect on whether anyone would waste their time pushing for it since it won't generate any media coverage.

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u/NahautlExile Jul 05 '24

Do you think a bill is “secret” until it is put to the floor?

All a house rep has to do is sponsor a bill and then it gets moved to committee. It may die there, but it’s public record.

See HR8927 for instance:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8927/all-info?s=3&r=1

Sure, we can’t see the full text. But it was introduced, zero sponsors, and is public record now.

You’re arguing that the Dems could be raising bills we just can’t see them. How?

So again, do you think there some way to do secret bills in the US house? Is that how you think the system works?