the bill would finally get rid of Daylight Savings Time. everyone was on board, and then the Democrats just didn’t do anything about it.
Two days later, BuzzFeed News reported that many senators were not aware that a request had been made for the bill to pass via unanimous consent and were not ready to raise an objection. Rubio’s office had notified every other senator’s office of the request; however, it is a frequent occurrence for legislative staff to “vet the request” themselves to “decide if an issue is too benign or obviously doomed to bother their boss with”. BuzzFeed identified Tom Cotton (R‑AR) as a senator who, according to a member of his staff, was vehemently opposed to the bill and would have objected to its passage had he been informed of it
what are we paying these people for?
