{"id":1133881,"date":"2021-12-20T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T16:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133881"},"modified":"2021-12-20T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T16:49:44","slug":"ocasio-cortez-slams-fundamentally-undemocratic-senate-operates-like-an-old-boys-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ocasio-cortez-slams-fundamentally-undemocratic-senate-operates-like-an-old-boys-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocasio-Cortez Slams &#039;Fundamentally Undemocratic&#039; Senate &#8212; &#039;Operates Like an Old Boys&#039; Club&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Focasio-cortez-slams-fundamentally-undemocratic-senate-operates-like-an-old-boys-club%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aoc-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In the wake of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) effectively killing President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed the \u201cfundamentally undemocratic\u201d way the Senate operates.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez described the Senate as \u201cfundamentally undemocratic\u201d and argued President Joe Biden\u2019s executive authority has not \u201cbeen used to the fullest extent that the American people deserve.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJust the fact that you can go on Fox News and say I don\u2019t feel like voting for this, or I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to do it. Having that not scheduled a vote, the idea that would happen in the House of Representatives is unheard of,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez declared. \u201cAnd I think what\u2019s extremely important is that we really need to start creating an environment of pressure, very similar to the filibuster, where now you don\u2019t even need to talk to engage a filibuster, but you just need to threaten it. But we really need to create a governing environment in the United States Senate, make it tough, don\u2019t go on vacation, come back, call the vote, have to stand in front of your constituents and say no, I\u2019m going to take dollars, I\u2019m going to take the food out of your kids\u2019 mouths \u2014 make him take that vote. They made us take the vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. It was a tough vote. It wasn\u2019t easy. And we have to stop giving people get out of jail free cards. Enough. Enough. And it\u2019s really about time that we start to get serious about governing, as well as leaning on the president\u2019s executive authority, which I do not believe has been used to the fullest extent that the American people deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGod forbid that they might have to actually show up and stand or sit and actually have to talk and actually live out the threat of their filibuster,\u201d she added. \u201cI mean, it is unconscionable the way the Senate operates. It\u2019s fundamentally undemocratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez claimed the filibuster was allowing the \u201cstripping\u201d of voters\u2019 rights in America and called for an end to the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we really need to do is crack down on the Senate, which operates like an old boys\u2019 club that has a couple of gals in it that have managed to break through,\u201d she added. \u201cWe actually need to institute some institutional discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) effectively killing President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed the \u201cfundamentally undemocratic\u201d way the Senate operates. 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