Summary
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski revealed the U.S. Senate is receiving an unprecedented 1,600 calls per minute, overwhelming its phone system.
The surge follows Trump’s aggressive policy moves, including dismantling DEI initiatives and enlisting Elon Musk in government operations.
Many calls demand Democrats “fight harder” despite their limited power in a Republican-controlled Congress.
Lawmakers compare the volume to past crises like the Oct. 7 attack, Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, and Trump’s impeachments.
“We will, of course, no nothing.”
It’s funny how when Republicans hold Congress the Dems can’t do anything. And when the Dems hold Congress the Republicans are able to stop them from doing anything.
We need a five party system.
The real lesson in all this is how paralyzed (by design) we the people are in this moment. There’s no pressure because the two parties break bread together when the cameras are off.
Term limits for congress Outlaw lobbyism Aggressively prosecute insider trading by congress (and their family members)
All of this takes ethics and morals though. We’re fucked.
We’ve tried nothing and we’re out of ideas!
The funny thing is they can do nothing and still block some things from developing. Some Democrats are straight up collaborating by confirming Trump’s picks for all sorts of positions. They could also try fillibustering everything Republicans put on the floor. The opposition is so spineless.
They could, but the filibuster is only for blocking progressive legislation.
In both situations the problem is that congress is not acting when it should. When Dems controlled congress we wanted it push through bills. Now that GOP controls congress we want them to stop Elon. In both cases congress does nothing (and this has been the steady state for decades).