Honestly I was personally shocked they got the first bipartisan cars & bridges bill through with Republican votes. That was a big one for bipartisanship, been

Honestly I was personally shocked they got the first bipartisan cars & bridges bill through with Republican votes. That was a big one for bipartisanship, been like 20 years of presidents talked about it. Infrastructure week is here!!! But beyond that I don't know. McConnell explicitly said he will not allow Republican votes on the debt ceiling if Dems push for this bill. That is INSANE imho. Even that thread is damaging. I don't know if there is a solution given the huge differences that are growing. From my perspective there is a not only a refusal to negotiate in good faith on the right but active attacks on Democracy. It's hard when a 30% of their constituents live in an alternate reality compared to the other 50+%. Politicians are attacking democracy and pushing dangerous racist/gender attacking social policy in their attempts to replace Trump (see DeSantis and Abbott). A consequence of two party primary politics and the make up of the Senate. Leaders (on both sides) appease the small % that vote in a primary. I view myself as a center left progressive (very left on climate, right on foreign policy like China) and the behavior of Republicans just seems completely incompatible with bipartisan governance or the absolute dire needs we have to at least try to address. even on social issues, check out comments from last thread I can't believe we're still arguing over some of the beliefs that white men on this board still hold. And it seems the others feel so attacked and fragile that they lash out. They feel the same about me/us. I guess one way to view bipartisanship is when Rs get control back they will repeal the tax increases, while the popular expansion of child tax credits, medicare stay in place. Which just make it even more unaffordable. A kind of 'balance' but a dangerous one.