AOC and progressives pour cold water on DSA’s call to abolish the Senate
The Democratic Socialists of America’s proposal to abolish the Senate isn’t being embraced by one of its most high-profile elected officials and some of the most progressive members of Congress. “I’m a House member, we all hate the Senate,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the highest-ranking DSA member in Congress, joked with the Washington Examiner.
- ▪The Democratic Socialists of America’s proposal to abolish the Senate isn’t being embraced by one of its most high-profile elected officials and some of the most progressive members of Congress.
- ▪“I’m a House member, we all hate the Senate,” Rep.
- ▪Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the highest-ranking DSA member in Congress, joked with the Washington Examiner.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 25 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean right. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Abolish the Senate, Says the DSA — Real Clear Politics
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The Democratic Socialists of America’s proposal to abolish the Senate isn’t being embraced by one of its most high-profile elected officials and some of the most progressive members of Congress. “I’m a House member, we all hate the Senate,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the highest-ranking DSA member in Congress, joked with the Washington Examiner. “No, I mean listen, we’re working with the institutions that we have, this is a constitutional question. Recommended Stories AOC and progressives pour cold water on DSA’s call to abolish the Senate August Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 6 days First round of August Social Security payments goes out in 18 days “I don’t have the power or ability to do that, it is what it is, we’re working with what we’ve got,” she…
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