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> The US legislative process lives and dies on building alliances and horse-trading. It used to, back in the day. That hasn't been the case for a while in tod
by gnaritas 10y ago
> The US legislative process lives and dies on building alliances and horse-trading.
It used to, back in the day. That hasn't been the case for a while in today's extremely partisan environment where compromise is now a dirty word and presidential support for something makes it less likely to pass given the hostile congress that will remain even after Clinton wins.
- toyg 10y ago> today's extremely partisan environment That's all a big show on wedge issues. On topics that matter to people with money (bankruptcy laws, banking laws etc), it's just business as usual. The DMCA was passed in a similarly "partisan" environment. Don't believe the hype.
- gnaritas 10y agoIt isn't business as usual, this is the most unproductive congress in modern history, it's not hype, it's reality. Anecdotes about oh some things got through don't change the reality that many things that should and used to no longer can without absurd posturing battles and attempted and real shutdowns of the government.