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You don't believe Democrats because they compromised with Republicans to get a bill passed? If you recall, Republicans used the filibuster in the Senate, which
by darpa_escapee 7y ago
You don't believe Democrats because they compromised with Republicans to get a bill passed?
If you recall, Republicans used the filibuster in the Senate, which meant Democrats needed a 60 vote supermajority to get a healthcare bill passed. When they floated the idea of a Medicare-for-all bill, Republicans promised to filibuster in the Senate.
Democrats compromised with Republicans on policy that Republicans wrote themselves, and Republicans still filibustered and not a single one of them voted in favor of it.
- povertyworld 7y agoIf not a single Republican voted for it that means the bill is entirely the responsibility of the Democrats. It is a bill created and passed exclusively by Democrats. The Democrats passed a Republican plan without one Republican vote. The Democrats had a filibuster proof supermajority, and they decided to pass Mitt Romney's healthcare plan. But it's all the Republicans fault. Obama didn't even try for a public option like he had promised during the campaign.
- apathy 7y agoIndependent. The 60th vote was an independent who endorsed John McCain in preference to Obama. How can one person manage to be so consistently incorrect?
- shims 7y ago> If not a single Republican voted for it that means the bill is entirely the responsibility of the Democrats. Every Democrat in the Senate voted for it, including two independents.