Senate Democrats on Sunday passed sweeping legislation containing provisions to address climate change, health care and taxes, a huge step forward on the party’s agenda after more than a year of halting negotiations.
A tale of two senators.
Cheers and tears. So proud of the Democratic senate leadership, VP Harris and President Biden!
Best sentence in story:
Republicans wailed and gnashed their teeth.
Well, well, well.
And behind it all. “And when the deed is done, Dark Brandon’s not there.” H/T T.S. Eliot.
Schumer gets credit for this. I’d have told Manchin to piss off months ago.
So don’t vote for me for Senate.
I’d have stabbed him in the face with a ball point pen.
A green one.
God I hope that Sinema is one and done US Senator.
What a flippin’ relief.
If they can run on this and somehow come up with the house and a couple more senate seats (I know, I know) they can take this momentum and energized constituency into the next term and really build something important here. more climate, Roe, voting rights… the whole ball of wax.
I hope everyone is out there calling their senators a-la Josh Marshall’s repeated suggestion and get them on board for filibuster reform - and not just for Roe codification… that’ll the critical piece to any possibility of saving our asses.
Passing legislation? Hella old skool!
I was hoping for a little tearing out of their hair.
Congratulations!
I think they should have named it the Let’s Go Brandon Act.
An Epipen? “Darn your daughter!”
Many of these Republicans who blocked the $35 cap on insulin for private insurance plans represent states that have high rates of diabetes aka the diabetes belt. Would they rather pay far more for amputations and all of the medical care they entail?
Complaining does not make me a political expert. The fact of the matter is, I did not expect this to come up this summer.
I’ll take it.
A lot can happen within two years, but it’s sad and odd that one of the long term plotlines is saving Sinema from herself.
Any Republican says one peep about tax and spend democrats, shove this chart in their face because the ONLY thing the GOP ever does is increase the deficit.
Imagine that—government working for the people! No wonder the GOPers ran away.
They don’t care as long as big Pharma’s profits stay astronomical and they get their paybacks from them.
Let’s hope the Arizona Dems have long memories and can come up with someone to beat her in the primary who can win in the general.
