Democrats’ Procedural Power Play Fails

Senate rejects Democrats' demand for Trump deportation details

Democrats’ latest attempt to meddle in Trump’s deportation policies crashed and burned in the Senate. On May 1, 2025, a resolution led by Senators Tim Kaine, Chuck Schumer, Chris Van Hollen, and Alex Padilla was shot down 45-50, split neatly along party lines. It’s almost like the GOP has a spine now.

According to the Washington Examiner, the resolution, filed under the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, demanded a human rights report on El Salvador’s treatment of deportees, including one Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

It was a transparent jab at Trump’s aggressive deportation of alleged gang members to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center. Democrats cried “due process” while conveniently ignoring border security. Senators Kaine, Schumer, Van Hollen, and Padilla pushed this privileged motion in early May, hoping to force the State Department’s hand. They claimed it was about Americans or U.S. residents “detained or imprisoned” in El Salvador. Funny how their concern for “Americans” only surfaces when it suits their narrative.

Using a Senate rule workaround, Democrats bypassed Republican control to force this vote. Since the GOP took the Senate in January 2025, these privileged resolutions have been their go-to for stirring the pot.

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Actions have consequences, and voters seem to prefer results over theatrics, at least while we hold the Senate. What happens when Democrats (DMC--Democrat Marxist Communist party) take control once again? Doom and disaster for our country.