Lord_Byron28
Member
Yes, I'm aware that it gets referred to a committee which is where this bill has died along with many of Bernie's other proposed bills that are too radical for this Congress. I meant local representatives just as a more general term for either senator or house member but a senator is state level so my bad. Thanks for the info about the latter part; I couldn't remember whether the bill was decided to go on the floor by the Senate or House of Representatives.So again, I feel like it needs to be pointed out that the next step in the legislative process is a bill once introduced is referred to an appropriate committee. Where they may choose to hold hearings towards issuing a report. And calling your local representatives, assuming you mean House members would be entirely fruitless because this is the Senate.
With all of that said, this bill will go as far as the amount of effort Sanders has put in. His bills like this and $15/hour minimum wage are extreme and he doesn't even try to work with others in drumming up support for it. While Congressional Republicans are in disarray, it'd be nice to see the Democrats play the same game they did in 08-16. They already are to some extent but, they could go further. They could organize and get behind their own healthcare improvement plan. Have Republicans distracted dealing with Democrat's bills. Republicans may have the majority but, they are strongly divided on some issues. Democrats should take advantage of this and propose bills on issues that divide them.
Moving on, I'm curious what states will most likely first transition to single payer. I have a feeling it will likely be a lot of the same states that are loosening restrictions on Marijuana such as Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, etc.