What Happens If the Dems Win in November?

[LunchBox50]

DOGS AND CATS, LIVING TOGETHER — MASS HYSTERIA!

 

[Huey Grey 2]

I really think the housing bill is mainly ornamental - just passed to be able to say they tried something. I am not sure if there is anything in it that will really move the needle.

I was excited about it until I read what's in it. It basically just cuts out some red tape but does little to address the underlying causes of why housing is unaffordable.

 

[GesterHawk]

I was excited about it until I read what's in it. It basically just cuts out some red tape but does little to address the underlying causes of why housing is unaffordable.

And the red tape cut out will be nullified by lack of skilled workers.

 

[Huey Grey 2]

And the red tape cut out will be nullified by lack of skilled workers.

I actually reread what's in it using different sources thinking I was missing the sweeping reform. I wasn't. There is no sweeping reform.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

maybe, maybe not. But we'll never know until somebody takes a leadership role. Right now it doesn't seem as if anyone is seriously talking about any of those programs. Republicans are mirroring the "do nothing congresses" of years past and Democrats seem interested in taxing billionaires and being against most of what trump proposes, not that anything trump proposes (after the tax act) will help a significant number of Americans...

 

[Huey Grey 2]

Jeffries is all but assured to not be Speaker come 2027.

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

Under Obama Dems did healthcare. And under Biden Dems did infrastructure.

He touts the BBB which had zero Dem support and is a terrible piece of legislation adding over $3T to the debt over the next ten years, shoveling billions to the wealthiest Americans while throwing needy families off assistance. Awesome. The GOP would have turned on the housing bill in a split second had Trump weighed in earlier. They passed it BECAUSE he supposedly supported it... until he didn't. Had they known earlier, they would have done their careful counting of the votes and allowed Collins, Murkowski, et al to vote for it while making sure they had just enough votes to sink it.

 

[Huey Grey 2]

He touts the BBB which had zero Dem support and is a terrible piece of legislation adding over $3T to the debt over the next ten years, shoveling billions to the wealthiest Americans while throwing needy families off assistance. Awesome. The GOP would have turned on the housing bill in a split second had Trump weighed in earlier. They passed it BECAUSE he supposedly supported it... until he didn't. Had they known earlier, they would have done their careful counting of the votes and allowed Collins, Murkowski, et al to vote for it while making sure they had just enough votes to sink it.

His very next comment was "I don't follow infrastructure." What's it matter if he doesn't follow it. It happened. His posts are a masterclass in avoidance.

 

[Anon1750875978]

Trump needs to be put on a leash.

No more "looking the other way" like the current enablers are doing.

 

[Billanole.]

No, Republicans do not have COMPLETE control of all (3) branches of government,... but you already knew that.

Publican Prez. Check.
Publican majority in Senate. Check.
Publican majority in House. Check.

What’s the problem, do nothing azzes?

 

[magaboy]

If the results of the elections are honored, the Dems won't do anything. If they're not honored, the Dems won't do anything.

 

[TC_Nole_OX]

BAU

Hakeem is owned by the billionaire donors. He will grease the skids to advance the republican agenda much like every other corporate democrat in the past. Can anyone remember an instance where a significant republican policy previously passed into law was rolled back by a corporate democrat? I remember Obama making the Bush tax cuts permanent and dropping a lot of bombs in the middle east.

Hakeem and Schumer won't do jack shid. That is why the base hates them with a passion and are voting in actual progressives and DSA at every opportunity.

 

[TC_Nole_OX]

February 2025, as Orange Jesus was rolling out Project 2025 fascism at breakneck speed...

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Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Silicon Valley donors in bid to ‘mend fences.’​

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/hakeem-jeffries-silicon-valley-donors-00203076

 

[baltimorened]

Publican Prez. Check.
Publican majority in Senate. Check.
Publican majority in House. Check.

What’s the problem, do nothing azzes?

I'm not speaking for him, but I think what he means is that under current Senate rules you need 60 votes to end cloture and get to debate and a vote on the Senate floor. Republicans don't have 60 votes and therefore really don't control the Senate. Now if they eliminated the filibuster (which I do not think is a good idea) then republicans would only need 51 votes, which they have, and then they would have control of all three branches.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

I'm not speaking for him, but I think what he means is that under current Senate rules you need 60 votes to end cloture and get to debate and a vote on the Senate floor. Republicans don't have 60 votes and therefore really don't control the Senate.

Disagree. If pubs really want something they have the power to make it happen. That is where the concept of give and take comes in

 

[Hawkfan0319]

I can tell what they should do....lay their positions on key issues on the table...immigration, taxes, deficits, military, education, healthcare (pick a couple, they can't walk and chew gum at the same time), walk to the other chamber or white house and ask how we can start to work solutions.

But they won't

The day after the new house or Senate is sworn in they'll start laying the groundwork for 2028

Because that's what the Republicans, who have had control of all 3 chambers have done. It will be gridlock again.

 

[baltimorened]

Disagree. If pubs really want something they have the power to make it happen. That is where the concept of give and take comes in

you'll have to explain that a little...if what you're suggesting is that republicans need to work with Democrats and compromise, I'm on your team 100%. But, if you're suggesting republicans can get whatever they want passed with a 53 seat majority, then I have to know more about your thinking.

 

[baltimorened]

Because that's what the Republicans, who have had control of all 3 chambers have done. It will be gridlock again.

I have to admit, if the republican efforts in this congress were to prepare for 2026, their term was a distinct failure. In fact even if that wasn't their goal, this term has been a failure IMO

 

[TC_Nole_OX]

Charlamagne tha God: "One of the most confusing people in American politics -- Hakeem Jeffries. If you follow the corporate money, there's a reason they call him AIPAC Shakur, there's a reason they call him AIPAC Rocky.

I have a question for Hakeem in regards to Medicare for all. What changed? In 2019, you became a cosponsor to Medicare for All Act. In 2021, you were an original cosponsor for Medicare for All Act. Now in 2026, he says Medicare for all is not a legislation he cosponsors or supports. What changed? You appear to be with corporate America not the people."

 

[Palmerhawk]

February 2025, as Orange Jesus was rolling out Project 2025 fascism at breakneck speed...

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Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Silicon Valley donors in bid to ‘mend fences.’​

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/hakeem-jeffries-silicon-valley-donors-00203076

You just need to find a new party. You hate the Dems more than trump and GOP....

I know,Dems should run their campaigns on 10 dollar donations only.
They should alienate anyone and everyone that has real money.
Just let the crypto bros and AI overlords funnel billions to keep the gop in power for decades... that'll teach those corporate Dems.

You think you are the base of the dem party...you're not, you're just the loudest.
We re on the same side....I have voted dem only for 54 years...losing elections suck...we need independent voters to win and your all or nothing rhetoric does not play well with the indys I know.
And, like it or not, under our current system, money matters in campaigns.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

republicans need to work with Democrats and compromise, I'm on your team 100%.

 

[Fac]

Many expect subpoenas and investigations, but will that actually happen? Should it?

This whole video is worth watching, but I've cued it to the last minute where they shed interesting light on this question.

We need to learn Spanish.

 

[baltimorened]

We need to learn Spanish.

I think we call this reverse assimilation

 

[o_wausauhawk]

I'm not speaking for him, but I think what he means is that under current Senate rules you need 60 votes to end cloture and get to debate and a vote on the Senate floor. Republicans don't have 60 votes and therefore really don't control the Senate. Now if they eliminated the filibuster (which I do not think is a good idea) then republicans would only need 51 votes, which they have, and then they would have control of all three branches.

You're giving that poster WAY too much credit.

 

[Urohawk]

I can tell what they should do....lay their positions on key issues on the table...immigration, taxes, deficits, military, education, healthcare (pick a couple, they can't walk and chew gum at the same time), walk to the other chamber or white house and ask how we can start to work solutions.

But they won't

The day after the new house or Senate is sworn in they'll start laying the groundwork for 2028

Why do the Democrats have to be the responsible ones to come in and fix everything? The entire government (all three branches) are controlled by republicans. Where is the party of personal responsibility? You insult the dems (can't walk and chew gum), but it's your fiscal conservative party who is asleep at the wheel. Don't expect the dems to have to bend over and take what the republicans give them. If not for the electoral college, you guys could barely win an election.