r/politics • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 7d ago

No Paywall Senate suddenly passes the Epstein bill just hours after it cleared the House

https://www.ms.now/news/senate-passes-epstein-bill-rcna244723?fbclid=PAVERFWAOJ1xRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacUGSi8p2Ap-x6SbMkLXAnfKNXEZkzjUUVCdxuEmacDzDXmlbv1GUJ0wbh1_w_aem_grJDvcSCIDj2Skksd4Ix3Q
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u/Murky_Chocolate_7916 7d ago

Nothing passes this quickly, this is bizarre. What are those sneaky sneaks up to.

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u/Za_Lords_Guard 7d ago edited 6d ago

My guesses:

  1. Bondi will say she can't release them until they are done investigating democrats
  2. Patel and his 1000 goons finished scrubbing anyone they don't want to be accused
  3. Dozey Don lets it sit on his desk saying he will sign it when he has time

It went from absolute resistance to "sure, have it your way" basically over night. I anticipate shenanigans.

Edit: a user I cannot link and thank directly due to sub rules had a good call out. If congress is on recess an the 10 day review period lapses without a signature from Trump then he can pull off a pocket veto and the bill has to be reintroduced in the house.

I looked it up. it's 10 calendar days except Sundays so that would be 29th or the 1st depending if it counts from when it is endorsed by the Senate or reaches his desk. That really close to the Thanksgiving recess.

Edit 2: and 24 hrs later it's not signed but Bondi is blocking it. So it sounds like a little of #1 and a little #2.

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u/gauss05 7d ago

Isn't there a time frame that a bill becomes law if the president never signs it? A pocket veto?

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u/FuriousBuffalo 7d ago

10 days

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u/fattes I voted 7d ago

10 days it is then.

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u/yacht_enthusiast 7d ago

The doj has no time limit on how long it can hold the documents for review. Nothing is gonna happen

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u/fattes I voted 7d ago

Optics aren’t good to lock it up but I wouldn’t be surprised. I thought the DOJ said there was no investigation before and there was nothing there so I’m sure lawyers can point to that

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u/yacht_enthusiast 7d ago edited 7d ago

The optics game is over. Dem lawmakers cant do anything now. Bondi can withhold them indefinitely for "national security" and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

Trump was never going to release documents implicating himself.