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Budi

(15,325 posts)
5. The campaign promise was sincere & honest. The people who set out to cheat Biden & America of this..
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 06:42 PM
Oct 2021

...are the ones who will wear the Shame forever.

Build Back Better. Piece by piece if that's what it takes.
However, some would prefer to convince us that "Nothing is Better Than Something!"

Brilliant, huh!

JustAnotherGen

(31,798 posts)
2. We get Ryan and the Nominee in PA
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 05:11 PM
Oct 2021

To run on it next year.

If it falls out - with a Majority - we can get it. Assumes we get voting rights legislation with teeth, and and the filibuster is removed for that voting rights legislation.

With just enough of a majority - we could just get rid of the filibuster entirely. It's not encoded in the constitution - it's just a crappy Senate rule.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
6. K & R Thank You! Yes That is how it must be done.
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 06:43 PM
Oct 2021

And worth every bit of the fight to get there.

samnsara

(17,615 posts)
3. we will get it done eventually..just not now. Im crossing my fingers for the free college
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 06:03 PM
Oct 2021

..I have two grand dtrs that can use it

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
4. Pity. There goes the $500Billion for Climate too then.
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 06:36 PM
Oct 2021

Guess we get Nothing!
Sorry President Biden. You wrote the finest Bill in decades for Americans & their future.
Sorry there won't be any bill to build back better from.
Some people really don't give a fk, do they.

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