• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    even though they’ve been in power a significant part of that time

    Since 1981 Democrats have had control of the Presidency and Congress a whopping 4 years. One 2 year period under Clinton and one under Obama. That’s without factoring in the ability to fillibuster in the Senate. In over 40 years they’ve only had control 10% of the time.

    maybe if Democrats actually did stuff to *make every day citizens lives better

    That period of filibuster-proof control during Obama’s term is why we have the ACA. It was ~70 days and they passed the largest healthcare overhaul in generations.

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      1 year ago

      That period of filibuster-proof control during Obama’s term is why we have the ACA. It was ~70 days and they passed the largest healthcare overhaul in generations.

      Plus the ACA could have been better if it didn’t need to get watered down for the one or two Dems/Independents that helped get it past that stupid filibuster roadblock.