The greatest deliberative body in the world

Hard to believe, but that is what the U.S. Senate was once called.  Now it is “debating” a bill to extend unemployment benefits, fund Covid vaccines, and put money in the pockets of desperate Americans.  There is no debate.  The 50 Republican Senators voted to prevent the bill from being debated at all.  Now a Republican, Rand Paul, is forcing the reading of the entire bill, which will take about ten hours.  The bill will most likely pass eventually, which means these shenanigans will simply serve to delay action.

The “greatest deliberative body in the world” title was forfeited years ago.  On the other hand, the Republican Senators deserve the title “mean as snakes caucus.”