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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoKennedy got to the the moon. (Posthumously) Clinton eliminated the deficit. Obama did not achieve universal health care.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·26 days ago Kennedy got to the the moon. (Posthumously) I think just a few parts of his skull made it to the moon.
minus-squareModestMeme@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoCongress wouldn’t let him. The President doesn’t write the laws and can only ask Congress to do so.
minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoSadly, even if Sanders were elected, it wouldn’t have made universal healthcare a reality. You need 218 progressives in the house and 50 progressives in the senate. So… not happening.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days agoYes and, they also needed to break a filibuster by the Republicans, which took 60 votes in the Senate, despite severe illness and Republican shenanigans. It was a huge lift to get what we got.
minus-square13igTyme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoProgressives would need to down ballot vote for that to happen. Would also need to support and fund progressive candidates. Progressives currently can’t even do the bare minimum (actually voting), in large enough numbers to matter.
Kennedy got to the the moon. (Posthumously)
Clinton eliminated the deficit.
Obama did not achieve universal health care.
I think just a few parts of his skull made it to the moon.
Congress wouldn’t let him. The President doesn’t write the laws and can only ask Congress to do so.
Sadly, even if Sanders were elected, it wouldn’t have made universal healthcare a reality.
You need 218 progressives in the house and 50 progressives in the senate. So… not happening.
Yes and, they also needed to break a filibuster by the Republicans, which took 60 votes in the Senate, despite severe illness and Republican shenanigans. It was a huge lift to get what we got.
Progressives would need to down ballot vote for that to happen. Would also need to support and fund progressive candidates.
Progressives currently can’t even do the bare minimum (actually voting), in large enough numbers to matter.