I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with #2 being a win. This is not creative, this is the explicit design of the PA House rules to allow leadership to rendered discharge petitions ineffective and undermine democracy in that chamber. They used that maneuver here with this bill, but they've also used it to prevent GOOD bills from being voted on in the past, particularly those that would reform the PA legislature for the better. The ends do not justify the means.
Every single creative thing can also be used by the other side to make things worse. There is no such thing as something that can only be used by one party, what on earth are you talking about?
My point is that the PA House has tools that concentrate power in leadership and reduce the power of the rest of the reps, such as this one that makes discharge resolutions completely powerless. These tools reduce democracy in the PA legislature overall and should be fixed so that 2 people out of 203 don't have 100% of the power. In my opinion, the fact that one of their power-concentrating tools was used to block an anti-trans bill doesn't make the usage of this tool something to celebrate.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with #2 being a win. This is not creative, this is the explicit design of the PA House rules to allow leadership to rendered discharge petitions ineffective and undermine democracy in that chamber. They used that maneuver here with this bill, but they've also used it to prevent GOOD bills from being voted on in the past, particularly those that would reform the PA legislature for the better. The ends do not justify the means.
Every single creative thing can also be used by the other side to make things worse. There is no such thing as something that can only be used by one party, what on earth are you talking about?
My point is that the PA House has tools that concentrate power in leadership and reduce the power of the rest of the reps, such as this one that makes discharge resolutions completely powerless. These tools reduce democracy in the PA legislature overall and should be fixed so that 2 people out of 203 don't have 100% of the power. In my opinion, the fact that one of their power-concentrating tools was used to block an anti-trans bill doesn't make the usage of this tool something to celebrate.
#2 has me sipping tea so hard. I love it!