• mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    There never was a Democratic majority congress. West Virginia and Arizona both sent senators who had a D next to their name, but were really Rs.

    Not only that, but you need a super majority in the senate to get anything real through, which means you need 60+ Democrats who ALL need to be on board, along with a majority of Democrats in the House, AND a Democrat president.

    That hasn’t happened since early Obama, and he squandered it by trying to pass bipartisan legislation with the Republicans, instead of just railroading the right things through.

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      9 months ago

      When was the last time Republicans held a majority like that and how is it that despite that majority, they still manage to pass all their vile legislation?

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      9 months ago

      There never was a Democratic majority congress.

      50 plus a tiebreaker is a majority. You lied.

      West Virginia and Arizona both sent senators who had a D next to their name, but were really Rs.

      West Virginia and Arizona sent senators who represent party leadership to absolute perfection. They define the party.

      Not only that, but you need a super majority in the senate to get anything real through, which means you need 60+ Democrats who ALL need to be on board, along with a majority of Democrats in the House, AND a Democrat president.

      The filibuster can be done away with forever with a simple majority. Manchin’s party never will.

      That hasn’t happened since early Obama, and he squandered it by trying to pass bipartisan legislation with the Republicans

      He got the bailouts passed. Democrats could have destroyed the relic of Jim Crow that is the filibuster to pass the public option. But they didn’t wanna.