So game it out. It's November and a Democrat will be inaugurated Jan 20, 2025, with a Democratic House and Republican Senate. Does our system result in passing the Senate's bill before Thanksgiving?
Or TFG will be inaugurated on Jan 20, with a Democratic House and Republican Senate. What happens?
I had a unique experience as a young lawyer in Europe in 1981 — an official in the European Commission hired me to help explain what Reagan was doing to destroy US and international chemicals control policies, and in effect to help defend Europe against US attacks on this cooperation. I sat outside the room where the EU was trying to save the cooperation while Gorsuch’s EPA team went back and forth, getting their instructions from the representative of the Chemical Manufacturers Association. The small Unitarian Universalist fellowship in Brussels played a role in facilitating honest communications between the parties.
I commented along similar lines last year. Europe has plenty of problems, but it looks good by comparison with everyone else
https://crookedtimber.org/2023/09/15/europes-bradbury-moment/
Putin is winning in the US. Our government has been compromised by Russia and the greed of the GQP as “useful idiots.”
So game it out. It's November and a Democrat will be inaugurated Jan 20, 2025, with a Democratic House and Republican Senate. Does our system result in passing the Senate's bill before Thanksgiving?
Or TFG will be inaugurated on Jan 20, with a Democratic House and Republican Senate. What happens?
Further permutations possible.
I had a unique experience as a young lawyer in Europe in 1981 — an official in the European Commission hired me to help explain what Reagan was doing to destroy US and international chemicals control policies, and in effect to help defend Europe against US attacks on this cooperation. I sat outside the room where the EU was trying to save the cooperation while Gorsuch’s EPA team went back and forth, getting their instructions from the representative of the Chemical Manufacturers Association. The small Unitarian Universalist fellowship in Brussels played a role in facilitating honest communications between the parties.
Thank you.