AutistoMephistoHaven't these MFS been saying they won in a landslide have a mandate since January? Or am I just imagining things?
doingthestuffObama actually had a supermajority for a little bit, better than what Republicans have now. He accomplished making healthcare worse for many, better for some. He could have done so much. Democrats stood in his way. This is a bipartisan shutdown.
That isn’t true, and even if that had been true, Obama left office 9 years ago, how is it even remotely relevant?
Tell me what specifically isn’t true or fuck off. It is relevant because we’re still fighting over healthcare today and he should have fought for single payer, but Dems are just as corporately owned as Repubs.
Tell me roughly what happened. Personally I think you’re lying but I’d love for you to prove me wrong.
The democrats (including the independents who caucused with them) had a 58% vote share in the senate and 58.8% in the house of representatives in the 111th congress. A supermajority requires two thirds, i.e. 67%.
A supermajority in the Senate is 60 votes which can use cloture to shut down a filibuster. Obama didn’t have one for long, but he squandered it. And yes, he had one.