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The democrats big mistake was trying to compromise with the republicans, who still refused to work on it. it's clear the whole system is borked, and I only see
by sv123 8y ago
The democrats big mistake was trying to compromise with the republicans, who still refused to work on it. it's clear the whole system is borked, and I only see one party at least trying to do something about it.
- RightMillennial 8y agoWhat compromise? The ACA passed the House [1] and Senate [2] without a single Republican vote. [1]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/21/AR2010032100943.html?noredirect=on http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03... > The House voted 219 to 212 to approve the measure, with every Republican voting no. [2]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122400662.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12... > Vice President Biden presided over the 60 to 39 party-line vote, ...
- sv123 8y agoIt was watered down to make it a "budget bill" under the Senate rules so it could withstand filibuster. (In doing this, the ACA had to be stripped of almost all its cost-containment features.)
- komali2 8y agoIt's incredible to witness, real-time, people such as who you're replying to trying to change the facts of history mere years after the thing occurred. This is in line with my original point - since when did facts become so malleable?