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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Technically, while that might have been true at the end of 2023, the US House of Representatives of the 118th congress have voted 796 times with 126 items passed, according to Govtrack.us with at least ten vetoes by the POTUS.

So not really the worst by any measure.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But also not functional by modern measures.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah for sure I'd love to see more progress. I'm glad at least the House Republicans have taken a very brief break from impeaching their own speaker on repeat.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh that's coming. He had the audacity to applaud Biden. His days are numbered.