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Break up the cable monopolies? Democrats propose new competition laws

Meh.

It's old hat for the minority party to propose stuff their constituents actually want when there's no chance of it actually happening. That way they can look like they're doing something, without actually doing something. Vote tallies are also extremely calculated; people like Joe Lieberman (retired now thank FSM) and Sue Collins have made long careers of being "moderates" without ever taking a courageous stand on anything (except when the party secretly wants something to die and they stand to politically benefit from "defecting").

It cuts both ways. Whatever you think of "Obamacare", the grassroots Republicans want it repealed, so the GOP passed repeals something like sixty times while Obama was in office, which of course got vetoed every time. Now that they actually own all three branches of government, interesting how they just can't seem to get the votes to make it happen. I also remember back in the "Dumbya" Bush years, he had all three branches of government and a commanding majority in both legislatures. If ever there was a time to pass a bill killing Roe vs. Wade (if you wanted it dead, anyway) it was then, when his approval was at 90% and the whole country was distracted by war. That was fifteen years ago.

So, wake me up when this proposal grows legs.

This is sort of a dumb take.

The Republicans are literally willing to risk killing John McCain to pass some kind of Obamacare repeal, ANY kind of Obamacare repeal; certainly not because it's popular (their efforts are polling in the 10-30% range), but because... they promised they would. And that's the Republicans, the most corrupt, vile, and principle-free party in any developed democracy today. There's no reason at all to think that the Dems wouldn't pursue the proposals here if/when they're in power again.
 

AndyD

aka andydumi
Democrats were talking about this at the Ideas conference earlier this year.

They also want to completely remake our electrical grid for the 21st century. They've been talking about that for a while though.

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2009/02/23/5553/wired-for-progress/

If Democrats take at least one chamber of Congress int he midterms, this is the kind of stuff we might see being put forth. Big infrastructure plans as they fit in with Trump's builder character.
 
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