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minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilink12•edit-214 hours agoDems need all 3 (presidency, house of reps, Senate) to do pretty much anything. They’ve had that for [drumroll please] 4 out of the last 24 years. Or 6 of the last 32 years. Or 6 of the last 44 fucking years.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•13 hours ago They’ve had that for [drumroll please] 4 out of the last 24 years It was significantly shorter than that when you consider Senate control to be 60, which is what’s needed to bypass the fillibuster.
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilink13•edit-212 hours agoSupermajority was 4 months, out of the last 44 years. But whenever I mention that people think I’m fixated on that for some reason. *Oh downvoted already. Some people really don’t like hearing this.
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilink1•edit-25 hours agoI’m not crying, I’m laughing how certain people downvote because they don’t like hearing facts.
Dems need all 3 (presidency, house of reps, Senate) to do pretty much anything. They’ve had that for [drumroll please] 4 out of the last 24 years. Or 6 of the last 32 years. Or 6 of the last 44 fucking years.
It was significantly shorter than that when you consider Senate control to be 60, which is what’s needed to bypass the fillibuster.
Supermajority was 4 months, out of the last 44 years. But whenever I mention that people think I’m fixated on that for some reason.
*Oh downvoted already. Some people really don’t like hearing this.
You shouldn’t cry about fake internet points
I’m not crying, I’m laughing how certain people downvote because they don’t like hearing facts.