Depeche Median
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exhausted political scientist in a red state, avid cat collector, friend to dogs everywhere, antifascist, lapsed midwesterner and cold weather aficionado, adequate learned league player, currently obsessed with the Big Bear eagle family
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If Dems were going to lose by giving votes to Rs, it should have been to give votes to a Senate Rules change to end the filibuster on appropriations bills, since that would resolve the conflict, not give GOP cover on the ACA subsidies by making them own it, and improve rules for a future D majority
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If Dems were going to lose by giving votes to Rs, it should have been to give votes to a Senate Rules change to end the filibuster on appropriations bills, since that would resolve the conflict, not give GOP cover on the ACA subsidies by making them own it, and improve rules for a future D majority
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A promise on a vote on ACA subsidies seems kind of meaningless, even if it happens, because there were *already* votes on ACA subsidies as part of Dems alternative CR
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A promise on a vote on ACA subsidies seems kind of meaningless, even if it happens, because there were *already* votes on ACA subsidies as part of Dems alternative CR