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"... ObamaCare" That tells you all you need to know about masonic's partisanship. The bill was in Congress for 9 months before being signed into law. It was mo
by AmpsterMan 4y ago
"... ObamaCare"
That tells you all you need to know about masonic's partisanship. The bill was in Congress for 9 months before being signed into law. It was modeled after Massachusetts's law which was modeled after alternative models proposed in the 90s to then first lady Hillary Clinton's universal healthcare.
I definitely agree that Democrats are sleeping on their laurels when it comes to policy, but they do not have the votes to do much of anything, partially because their constituencies are disadvantaged, partially because they have many more internal conflicts than Republicans do at the moment.
But there is only one group in recent history that has tried ANYTHING to make healthcare more accessible and cheaper, and it was the 111th Congress in which Democrats had slim majorities.
- masonic 4y ago>they do not have the votes to do much of anything This is a flat lie that you repeat. The Democrat caucus collectively "has the votes" to do essentially anything. They could even end the Senate filibuster rule! (It's just a rule of the chamber that can be overturned by simple majority, and they run the Rules committee.)
- AmpsterMan 4y agoPerhaps this is why Democrats lose. They are still playing a game where decorum and rules matter. I have no question that Republicans would not care for such pesky parliamentary rules when they inconvenience them. Perhaps you would prefer a world where Democrats run roughshod through those rules and pass legislation. I would prefer if they didn't.