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You clearly don’t read congress.gov or watch CSPAN. First, they have no power due to minority. Secondly, they cannot filibuster a reconciliation bill. All they can do is debate provisions and propose amendments. That’s it.
They debated every provision, line-by-line, over four 24+ hour oversight committee hearings. Then Schumer forced the Republicans to read the entire reconciliation aloud over 12 hours. Then they held a record 23-hour amendment “vote-a-rama” to try to limit the provisions.
This is how it went: https://files.catbox.moe/1lwoem.mp4
They can filibuster. They could have forced a shutdown. They can abuse reconciliation. They can bully their opponents when they have power. They Congress and the presidency for two years and all they did was sit buy while people got poorer and angrier.
It's time to stop making excuses. I want to see a Dem whose willing to talk for two days and piss their pants in order to stop fascism.
A filibuster cannot be used on a reconciliation bill. It’s time to understand our system before going back to hive-mind finger pointing. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/budget-reconciliation-simplified/
My favorite thing about our political system is that, no matter how hard Democrats capitulate, grift, and collaborate, they will always have people like you to make excuses.
It’s not an excuse. It’s literacy. There are plenty of reasons to criticize the Democrats. You don’t need to misinform people by making one up.