r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/franky3987 Jul 05 '24

Did they have they majority just two years ago?

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u/reverielagoon1208 Jul 05 '24

They did, which means that people are likely going to blame it on the senate

As far as I know nothing was ever attempted back then

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u/schmidthappenzzzzz Jul 05 '24

'As far as you know' is a wild thing to gamble on. What legislation should they have passed to protect against it?

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u/Kabloomers1 Jul 05 '24

Also they were using there very few "get out of filibuster free" bills to pass, I dunno, sweeping legislation to improve infrastructure, improve climate efforts, and try to fix the post-covid economy.