Sand in the gears won’t win votes. At a minimum, we need a majority in the Senate and kill the filibuster. If the Republicans want to vote down good legislation, let them, and then hang their votes around their necks in the next election.
The problem here is that it’s raised by Democrats, which means it won’t even come up for a vote, you can’t hold them responsible for votes that don’t happen.
So, win the House, pass the legislation, and let the Republicans vote it down in the Senate.
“Here are the people keeping you from earning $25 an hour!”
You can’t overhaul anything without a supermajority. So throwing sand in the gears is worth the effort.
Sand in the gears won’t win votes. At a minimum, we need a majority in the Senate and kill the filibuster. If the Republicans want to vote down good legislation, let them, and then hang their votes around their necks in the next election.
Current example, raising the minimum wage to $25:
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c2590dcd-be1b-40db-ba35-89fa602f813d.html
The problem here is that it’s raised by Democrats, which means it won’t even come up for a vote, you can’t hold them responsible for votes that don’t happen.
So, win the House, pass the legislation, and let the Republicans vote it down in the Senate.
“Here are the people keeping you from earning $25 an hour!”