That’s relevant to ‘a’ in your comparison of the GOP position in 2010 to the Dem position today but a total non sequitur with regards to ‘b’ (which is what I was asking about)
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Notably, that won’t work in this situation even if somehow the budget resolution rules on the actual acts were ignored because the GOP holds both chambers and the dems don’t have the majority to start the process.
It isnt a non sequitor because the super majority is what’s needed to stop a filibuster. The GOP blocked them.The reason the ACA is weaker compared to other countries is because they passed it through budget reconciliation which required them to water it down to meet rules vs not passing it at all.
I fully understand the relevance of a non-filibuster-proof majority to GOP obstruction in 2010. But it’s still a fact that the Democratic Senate minority in the current Congress is significantly larger than the GOP’s minority was in the 111th, even after Scott Brown’s special election win.
This doesn’t even make sense. The tea party pushed the GOP right because they feared not being elected. The Dem base doesn’t have that power over the GOP base. The GOP base doesn’t care what the GOP does anymore,they are so inundated with propaganda that they don’t even know what they’re voting for.
Gregg was a republican and was pressured by the gop to withdraw.
Daschle was caught up on an unpaid tax thing which made Obama look bad when he ran on transparency. Something, you’ll notice, doesn’t matter to today’s GOP or their base.
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Gregg was a republican and was pressured by the gop to withdraw.
Daschle was caught up on an unpaid tax thing which made Obama look bad when he ran on transparency. Something, you’ll notice, doesn’t matter to today’s GOP or their base.