This committee needs to get rolling then if they have a year. The election is next year, and I need to see progress to help with the final decision of my vote.
If this committee doesn’t even form until after the year or after November, then I’ll know exactly what’s up. Clocks ticking...
Understand how this will work legislatively. First hr 40 has to pass the house, then the senate, then the president has to sign it. Then the commission will be created.
The democratic house will probably pass this prior to 2020 BUT it doesn’t have a chance in the senate due to there being a republican majority. Even if it passes the senate, you think Trump will sign this bill?
For the commission to be created you will need a democratic majority in the senate AND a democratic president to sign it so the earliest the commission can get started is 2020.
This is why I am critical of the #ados movement and it’s leaders because they never explain how we can get this stuff passed legislatively. There entire focus has been on shytting on Democrats who have supported hr 40 from the get go while never addressing the elephant in the room — which is that we are going to have to get republicans out of power and need a democratic senate and president for any of this to have a chance.
The focus should be on getting a majority in the senate and presidency in 2020 but we’ve spent much of the energy shytting on things that have NOTHING to do with getting this bill passed like immigrants, Pan Africanism, etc.