How can Democrats stop the Republicans?

[emilynghiem]

Just let them be Republicans






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Simple. Create unconstitutional legislation
that can't be fixed without calling for a Constitutional Convention.

They will go in endless circles debating the rules of setting up
such a convention, nothing will ever happen!

 

[Fiero425]

Things are about to get very interesting! This will all be just the "table setting" when it comes to light the collusion of Trump, his surrogates, and the Russians! This looks to be about to blow up; not exactly looking better when Spicer comes out and trivializes the leaks that have come out concerning Manifort, Flynn, & Stone!

 

[Marion Morrison]

This is a crap thread that says nothing, does nothing, and knows nothing.

I rate this thread Sargeant Schultz.

 

[rightwinger]

The problem for Republicans is that they have spent so long being the "Party of No" that they have forgotten how to say Yes

Saying No is easy. It takes no thought, no compromise

To say Yes you have to be willing to commit to something. You have to be willing to reach common understanding so others will say yes

Sadly, Republicans no longer have that skill

 

[Seawytch]

It was truly entertaining to watch the GOP doing everything they accused the Democrats of doing when the ACA was being worked on (but that the Democrats never actually DID).

"They rushed it through!" (the ACA was debated and worked on in public for well over a year. They worked with medical groups, insurance companies and special interest groups that were dedicated to making healthcare accessible and affordable for more Americans)

"They didn't ask for our help!" (Bullshit)

Did Obama Jam Through the Affordable Care Act Without Consulting Republicans or Working With Them to Find Bipartisan Cooperation?

[...]But with Obama’s blessing, the Senate, through its Finance Committee, took a different tack, and became the fulcrum for a potential grand bargain on health reform. Chairman Max Baucus, in the spring of 2009, signaled his desire to find a bipartisan compromise, working especially closely with Grassley, his dear friend and Republican counterpart, who had been deeply involved in crafting the Republican alternative to Clintoncare. Baucus and Grassley convened an informal group of three Democrats and three Republicans on the committee, which became known as the “Gang of Six.” They covered the parties’ ideological bases; the other GOPers were conservative Mike Enzi of Wyoming and moderate Olympia Snowe of Maine, and the Democrats were liberal Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and moderate Kent Conrad of North Dakota.
[...]

What became clear before September, when the talks fell apart, is that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had warned both Grassley and Enzi that their futures in the Senate would be much dimmer if they moved toward a deal with the Democrats that would produce legislation to be signed by Barack Obama. They both listened to their leader. An early embrace by both of the framework turned to shrill anti-reform rhetoric by Grassley—talking, for example, about death panels that would kill grandma—and statements by Enzi that he was not going to sign on to a deal. The talks, nonetheless, continued into September, and the emerging plan was at least accepted in its first major test by the third Republican Gang member, Olympia Snowe (even if she later joined every one of her colleagues to vote against the plan on the floor of the Senate.)


The Real Story of Obamacare's Birth