This is what has to be done. You introduce a bill directly affecting veterans and make Trump admit he doesn’t give a damn about them.

This is meant for the congressman’s own benefit since he heavily leaned on his veteran credentials when he campaigned. But whether it’s going to make a difference or not, I applaud the effort from a freshman nonetheless. Making a difference with a thousand cuts is still making a difference.

Yes, this is likely to fail, but one of the powers the minority has in a legislature is to introduce bills like this to remind people what the majority could have been doing

Generally, this is the case to a degree. But the problem is that in this case they’re not reminding the majority of what they could be doing. In that case they’d be trying to push for things like healthcare reform. All they’re doing is looking at what the GOP is doing and politely asking them to maybe do a little bit less of it.

With republicans narrow majorities, it only takes a handful of defections to get things through. Doing stuff like this helps make more republicans squeamish and can help get those flips

The people who head the committees that these bills go in front of before they’re brought up for a vote are all people who are in safe Republican seats. Their whole purpose is to make sure these bills never even get out of committee and make sure that vulnerable republicans never have to be squeamish in the first place.

Very brave of them to halfass resistance.