alphalyrae@midwest.socialtopolitics @lemmy.world•Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity
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1 year agoWhat is your source for this claim?
What is your source for this claim?
This is correct. They had to shove a ton of initiatives into the reconcilation to get anything done with Sinema and Manchin blocking everything.
And exactly how would Biden get anything through a Senate currently spilt between the two parties? You would need 60 votes to overcome the constant filibusters the Rs would throw up since this would not be a budgetary vote.
Last time I checked, there are only 48 Dems plus three independents who caucus with the Dems, for a total of 51. We’d need at least 62 to account for Sinema and Manchin, so expecting Biden to solve this is delusional.
I tried it in the past too and agree it was hot garbage. But I came across this thread yesterday and decided to give it another look. And I’m impressed, to be honest. It’s way better than it used to be. It’s strange to me that Apple is making one of the better music apps for Android, but here we are.