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They could always have used the "nuclear option" and passed actual universal healthcare instead of our strange hybrid for-profit insurance monster under Obama, but they didn't want to.
When Biden was the President, Ds had majority in house and senate (117th). They COULD have used the stupidly named "nuclear option" and passed universal healthcare, higher minimum wages, and more in response to the nightmarish Trump presidency
But... nah
(encourage everyone to check out the super-majority fiasco fillibuster-not-really nuclear option bullshit song and dance)
You know why neither side is stupid enough to do that, right?
because if to get actually pass the agenda they run on, they can't threaten not to get it passed in the next election
what's stupid is allowing a 'fillibuster' to wreck legislation.
It's a parliamentary procedure, not even law. We can change it at ANY TIME with simple majority vote. It's a self-imposed rule, not in the constitution, not law.
They "stupidly" skip it all of the time with legislation they want to pass. They don't need a super majority for pay raises....