It's DOA unless the Democrats nuke the filibuster. Which they won't, since Manchin and Sinema care more about Jim Crow tradition than democracy.
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15I get that they have to do this to build political support, refine drafts of the law and hash out the policies, but the fact is, in the end it's all completely useless and just political theater unless they are willing to end the filibuster.
Until then, HR1, real healthcare reform, and anything else that would have a meaningful effect on society absent federal budgets will never go anywhere and America's problems will continue to fester and degrade our society. But that's OK so long as Sinema and Manchin sleep well at night knowing they kept the faux-tradition of the 60 vote threshold going, which the framers CLEARLY wanted and
definitely had from the beginning! It's, of course, absolutely and truly not just because they don't want to take hard votes and would rather occupy a cushy Senate seat while doing nothing of note for their constituents or the country, than actually taking a few risks and fixing major problems this country faces.
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