EDIT: To the people downvoting this post because democrats > republicans: you’re missing the point.

  • OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The most confusing thing to me is how Democrats can have majorities in the House and POTUS and their agenda gets inched along but the second Republicans have that their agenda gets rammed through asap.

    Is that a misconception? It certainly seems that Republicans make much more aggressive and active use of their power.

    • vivadanang@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      House

      this is incorrect, the GOP controls the House atm. The Dems control the Senate.

      Really, take time to understand how legislation is crafted in a bicameral congress, it’s worth it.

    • Railing5132@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If you’re referring to relatively recent events (like the first 2 years of Biden’s term) you need to look no further than Kyrsten Sienema and Joe Manchin. “Democrats” that opposed the agenda (and general Good Things™) for personal greed and lobbying interests. Biden had a majority in the house, and a hostile supreme court, which we’re going to be dealing with for a good long time that’s to McConnell’s fuckery. The defection of Sienema and Manchin made progress very difficult.

      It’s also harder to get the wider variety of interests in the big tent of left to go in the same direction. Kinda like herding cats.