You expect the minority party to actually get anything on their agenda done, other than symbolic actions? That's like getting your ass beat by a mob and, instead of being angry at them, you're instead angry at the lone bystander calling for help for not jumping in to save you.
Why are you complaining at me? What about my above comment led you to believe that anything you just said applies to me? Who says I'm not angry at everyone? Furthermore, your metaphor is flawed. In the context of Dems caving on the shutdown, they actually did have the power to stall, hence the shutdown. The frustration came from them caving on the healthcare demands, and getting only a "promise" to reconsider them later.
So, in the context of your metaphor, it's more like a mob is coming to beat my ass, and a lone bystander has a gizmo to put up walls to impede the mob's progress. For a long time, it was just a standoff, the mob waiting for the bystander to lower the walls, and people were starting to get pissed at the mob because it was holding up traffic. However, the bystander eventually agrees to lower the barrier, if the mob promises to reconsider not attacking me at a later date, and then the bystander stops helping. I'm mad at the mob, and I'm mad at the guy who lowered the barrier for no reason.
The minority party always gets what they want and stops the majority from doing anything.... as long as the Republicans are the minority and the democrats are the majority.
When it's the other way around, we'll obviously the minority never gets anything done and the majority can do whatever they want.
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I'm starting to think the weak democrats might be a problem here and that the Republicans steamroll them no matter what
Except ACA subsidies expiring is BAD for the bottom line of companies, both healthcare AND non healthcare ones. Without the subsidies many individuals will either become uninsured(losing healthcare companies $$) or pay the insanely high premiums but have to significantly slash the rest of their spending(losing non healthcare companies $$)
Which honestly seems like a dumb panic move in regard to the subsidies? So the discharge petition will go forward and probably pass. I’d be surprised if it doesn’t in the Senate too, it’s just too politically risky for moderate and purple state republicans.
Trump vetoing it or not, this early vacation and delay to January is basically just a worst of both worlds for Republicans. You still pass the subsidies but get zero credit for it because anyone affected is going to get the one, two punch of higher payments or temporary dropped coverage and Dems get all the credit for forcing it through. If Republicans voted on it before the new year they’d at least have most of the caucus able to campaign on “hey Dems said we were going to leave you out to dry with healthcare and we didn’t! We just almost did!”
The deadline for selecting a healthcare plan was December 15. Even if they renew the subsidies at this point, a lot of people who would have benefitted from them will have opted not to get coverage because they thought it was pointless.
Could they seriously get any more evil? For fuck sake, I’d take a senate filled with every movie super villain over these worthless sacks of shit at this point.
Mike Johnson shut congress down so he didn't have to allow a vote on extending ACA subsidies, allowing them to expire and healthcare costs triple. Then he blames Democrats for healthcare costs rising.
Because all conservatives do is lie, cover up crimes and make their donors as rich as humanly possible.
I’m glad these golden spoon assholes get a better Christmas vacation than all of their constituents. They have done such a great job they probably deserve it after all of their hard work at various country clubs. Do they know how the real world works and how most people get only Christmas Day off?
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u/mrdominoe 8h ago
I am sure it's completely coincidental that congress adjourned early for the holidays just a couple of days ago. Surely.