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I'm all for bipartisanship. But that's a pipe dream in today's political culture. I'm over the way Democrats are being criticized for not getting repug -- (edited)

Posted by Diva (aka Diva) Feb 28 '21, 08:03

votes for the 1.9T relief bill. Let the repugs NOT vote for this popular bill and own it. Pass it and if we can’t get 15 dollar minimum wage because of 1 white man from W. Virginia and the entire repug caucus, let's work on it and them later.

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heh, "repugs" -- nm - mud Feb 28, 08:50
Agreed. We need to think of bipartisanship as legislation that is in the interests of both parties' *voters*, not both parties' legislators. By that - mara Feb 28, 08:32 7
- Outstanding point -- nm - rollo Feb 28, 13:17
- solid -- nm - Max Feb 28, 11:48
- Yes, this is very good -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 10:54
- This, exactly. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 28, 08:45
- I think Biden has done a fairly good job emphasizing this so far. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 08:33 2
  - Let's see him force through some legislation by killing the filibuster, then. - TWuG Feb 28, 08:37 1
    - they'll need more than 50 then. There will always be a Manchin and/or a Sinema. -- nm - mud Feb 28, 08:48
The republicans only call for bipartisanship when the democrats have power. They don't give a shit about coming to an agreement with the dems when -- (edited) - Krusty Feb 28, 08:26 3
- Yep -- nm - Diva Feb 28, 09:38
- And there’s a bunch of relics who remember how things “used to work” and fall for it every time. -- nm - Tim Feb 28, 08:34 1
  - This! Stop playing by old standards and rules. No one else is! -- nm - Pippy Feb 28, 14:53
Hard to be bipartisan when for all intents and purposes there’s apparently only one party left that’s even capable of governing. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 28, 08:11
Amen, everyone knew where politicians stood before it was proposed. Battles are won before fought.Minimum Wage will be good midterm issue. Other battles on hold until Covid stim passes (USPS, etc) -- nm* - budice Feb 28, 08:10 2
- Then they better take care of it quick, becausecthe USPS thing is damaging a lot of small businesses. -- nm - . Feb 28, 13:54
- The pandemic should have been #1 priority by every single member of government top to bottom. It never was. But the next best time to start is now. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 28, 08:49

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I'm all for bipartisanship. But that's a pipe dream in today's political culture. I'm over the way Democrats are being criticized for not getting repug -- (edited)

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