I got curious to see when the last time the democrats held power. We all know a single two year term isn’t long enough to accomplish anything before policy gets reverted.
You say that but it seems like the current administration has made a lot of change in less than 2 years when the entirety of the party is in lock-step.
Imagine if instead of ACA we got medicare for all, meaning Republicans trying to touch it would’ve effected every single citizen akin to social security that they still haven’t successfully gutted because of the political suicide it would cause for them.
Yes: If more than 50 Democrats were religiously unified around one person or cause, they would get it done.
We’ve been trying to rally that effort behind ideas, like universal healthcare. The idea of rallying around a president, who claims they want universal healthcare, is there but it has serious risks: That person could lie, could pivot, could serve their own interests.
That is, in many ways, the lesson that MAGA members are getting; they were promised lower taxes, better jobs, and could see that with a willing supermajority, they have the power to get that. Only…that supermajority isn’t working in their interests, because they rushed to “have power”, when it’s really their politicians that have power.
And remember, that supermajority doesn’t even have to be one political party. It can be reps/senators from both parties that all were voted in on, and legitimately want to fight for, a certain idea. Long, long ago, D/Rs negotiated with each other and passed bipartisan bills, but that’s been gone a long time.
I got curious to see when the last time the democrats held power. We all know a single two year term isn’t long enough to accomplish anything before policy gets reverted.
House and Senate control history
Presidential terms
The last time it was two 2 year consecutive terms was the 110th and 111th session. (2007-2011;Bush2001-2009/Obama2009-2017)
Prior to that, there was a four 2 year consecutive term streak 100th to 103rd. (1987-1995;Reagan/Bush-HW/Clinton)
The longest control was 13 terms; 84th-96th session from 1955-1981.
You say that but it seems like the current administration has made a lot of change in less than 2 years when the entirety of the party is in lock-step.
Imagine if instead of ACA we got medicare for all, meaning Republicans trying to touch it would’ve effected every single citizen akin to social security that they still haven’t successfully gutted because of the political suicide it would cause for them.
Yes: If more than 50 Democrats were religiously unified around one person or cause, they would get it done.
We’ve been trying to rally that effort behind ideas, like universal healthcare. The idea of rallying around a president, who claims they want universal healthcare, is there but it has serious risks: That person could lie, could pivot, could serve their own interests.
That is, in many ways, the lesson that MAGA members are getting; they were promised lower taxes, better jobs, and could see that with a willing supermajority, they have the power to get that. Only…that supermajority isn’t working in their interests, because they rushed to “have power”, when it’s really their politicians that have power.
And remember, that supermajority doesn’t even have to be one political party. It can be reps/senators from both parties that all were voted in on, and legitimately want to fight for, a certain idea. Long, long ago, D/Rs negotiated with each other and passed bipartisan bills, but that’s been gone a long time.