I would have thought that also, except witnessing what Trump did without congress while owning the SCOTUS makes me think otherwise. His trade war, wall, emoluments, etc. were all illegal.
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He has the Senate. That was the point of departure for this discussion
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Unless you have 2/3 of the Senate, you can't impeach him. I guess you can block his appointments, but he even gets around that by making them acting. The house should be able to hold him accountable, but hasn't - was that Pelosi's choice?
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But you only need majority to control what bills are brought to a vote in the senate. It’s that simple.
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For a few months, Obama had 60 votes in the senate, and all he could get thru it was a watered-down ACA. A lot of conservative Dem senators aren't going to vote for whatever the Dem president wants, they're not Republicans.
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The ACA was the biggest legislative achievement of a generation.
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Yes, but it could have been better! We should have had single payer, but Obama wanting it wouldn't be enough for some Dems in both house and Senate. They had 60 senators until Kennedy died, but were stopped by threat of filibuster by Dem senators.
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And yet they passed it anyway, because they had a majority and could control the bills that got a floor vote. Something we have a huge problem with now.
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they did not pass what the president wanted, only what congress was willing to give him. Obama didn't hold out for more. My point is that even with Dem control of H+S, Sanders still has no guarantee of getting what he wants.
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Your point appears to be that politics is difficult, requires skill, and often leads to compromise
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yes, and not all politicians are willing to accept that
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