I will keep repeating this until I die: the Democrats had the opportunity to put their entire agenda into a legislative proposal & the result was the original Build Back Better act. If you want to know what the real Democratic agenda is, no need to speculate -- it's on paper.

@drvolts

The Democrats also had the opportunity to institute universal healthcare in California, but purposely didn't:

"Democrats needed 41 votes for that to happen, a threshold that did not seem impossible given that they control 56 of the 80 seats in the state Assembly and universal health care has long been a priority for the party.

But intense lobbying from business groups put pressure on more moderate Democrats ... "

https://apnews.com/article/business-health-california-legislature-state-legislature-88d57ed5845b47c54e7c0e397ab7de13

Universal health care bill fails to pass in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that would have created the nation's only government-funded universal health care system died in the California Assembly on Monday as Democrats could not gather enough support to bring it for a vote ahead of a legislative deadline.

Associated Press