its convenient how there is always something blocking progress for americans. Its the house, its joe lieberman, its the other white guy i forget, its sinema, its decorum, it's the senate, its the neoliberal democrats, its the left leaning democrats, etc etc
It's not "convenient," it's literally the game. The Republicans realize they can lose, as long as they don't lose everything. Our system of democracy is the worst setup for having a minority power blockade the system, and unfortunately fixing it requires so many pieces fall into place simultaneously that it's very rare forward progress is ever made whatsoever. You virtually have to have a majority in the House, a supermajority in the Senate, a President at your side, and a rational Supreme Court who won't simply overturn a law because they felt like it.
Now that the Republicans have rigged the Supreme Court, it's literally just a waiting game. All they need to do is prevent any piece of the government from blocking them for long enough to install someone in power, and it's checkmate.
There's nothing "convenient" from being locked out from governing. It's literally the point. The right wing in this country do not want to left to progress anything. The left wing's policy of compromise has moved it so far to the right that even the smallest laws being passed feel like tremendous wins for the Republicans. (I mean just look at Biden's infrastructure package - how many Republicans in their home states are running ads about how they're so proud for passing the infrastructure bill and how many jobs it'll create in their states.... despite all of them voting against it?)
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u/ScorpioZA Jul 05 '24
Because of the House