• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    even though they’ve been in power a significant part of that time

    Since 1981 Democrats have had control of the Presidency and Congress a whopping 4 years. One 2 year period under Clinton and one under Obama. That’s without factoring in the ability to fillibuster in the Senate. In over 40 years they’ve only had control 10% of the time.

    maybe if Democrats actually did stuff to *make every day citizens lives better

    That period of filibuster-proof control during Obama’s term is why we have the ACA. It was ~70 days and they passed the largest healthcare overhaul in generations.

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      That period of filibuster-proof control during Obama’s term is why we have the ACA. It was ~70 days and they passed the largest healthcare overhaul in generations.

      Plus the ACA could have been better if it didn’t need to get watered down for the one or two Dems/Independents that helped get it past that stupid filibuster roadblock.

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      Remember, Democrats cannot achieve anything unless they have the Presidency and a veto-proof majority in both houses of Congress, and even then only if they compromise to the right. The Republicans mysteriously only need the presidency or the slimmest of majorities in either house of Congress to push their agenda with no need to compromise.

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        And a large part of that is because the GOP has a much easier job, they just need to stop the Democrats. They have no real interest in passing legislation most of the time, they simply need to stop the Democrats from enacting policy by whatever means possible and they’ve accomplished their goal. That’s why the Democrats have to compromise and the GOP doesn’t. It’s not really a mystery.