Ideally, I'd love for Dems to just start taking credit for everything MAGA brags about. Since apparently the Republicans aren't in charge.

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[+] -17 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Tell me what specifically isn't true or fuck off. It is relevant because we're still fighting over healthcare today and he should have fought for single payer, but Dems are just as corporately owned as Repubs.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    The democrats (including the independents who caucused with them) had a 58% vote share in the senate and 58.8% in the house of representatives in the 111th congress. A supermajority requires two thirds, i.e. 67%.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    A supermajority in the Senate is 60 votes which can use cloture to shut down a filibuster. Obama didn't have one for long, but he squandered it. And yes, he had one.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/yydwro/last_time_a_supermajority_occurred_in_the_senate/

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