The Freedom of Choice Act was already written and ready to go to vote BEFORE Obama was sworn in. Pelosi referred it to committee where it was sent to die.
Democrats CHOSE to let it die while they had that super majority.
Pelosi was dealing with the Blue Dogs, conservatives who were elected as Democrats. We didn’t have a progressive majority, we had a Democratic majority. And we still managed to get a record amount of progressive legislation through the House, where it went to die in the Senate thanks to the precedent-breaking tactic of filibustering everything Democrats tried to pass.
Two weeks during a holiday break was not enough to accomplish every single policy goal you expect. Pay attention and stop blaming Democrats for having to deal with complications instead of assuming they wielded total and unrestricted power. Because they never did, and probably never will.
You mean, for the two whole weeks that they had the supermajority they needed to bypass Republican obstruction?
This long-debunked talking point really needs to die once and for all.
And when they had senators in their party like Joe Donnelly, who was anti-abortion.
And as recently as 2022, party leadership was propping up anti-choice candidates.
The Freedom of Choice Act was already written and ready to go to vote BEFORE Obama was sworn in. Pelosi referred it to committee where it was sent to die.
Democrats CHOSE to let it die while they had that super majority.
Pelosi was dealing with the Blue Dogs, conservatives who were elected as Democrats. We didn’t have a progressive majority, we had a Democratic majority. And we still managed to get a record amount of progressive legislation through the House, where it went to die in the Senate thanks to the precedent-breaking tactic of filibustering everything Democrats tried to pass.
Two weeks during a holiday break was not enough to accomplish every single policy goal you expect. Pay attention and stop blaming Democrats for having to deal with complications instead of assuming they wielded total and unrestricted power. Because they never did, and probably never will.
The new Macedonian troll farm talking point. Democrats scuttled Roe.
No need to reelect them then if they are powerless.
You can always tell who is politically ignorant (or weren’t born yet) when they trot out that Democratic Trifecta bullshit.
When Obama had “Total Control” of Congress.
I love how perfect lockstep is always expected from voters, but never those they elect.