2026-10-24 21:59 UTC
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@protist@retrofed.com 2026-10-25 03:56
With a simple majority they could decide to do away with the filibuster
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@obviouspornalt@fedinsfw.app 2026-10-25 02:37
democrats would have to win 20 seats currently held by Republicans as well as hold all their current seats. mathematically, this is possible, there are currently 22 Republican seats contested this election. current polling, however, shows the likely outcome is democrats get +3 seats.
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@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2026-10-24 22:03
And idiotic low-info voters (many of them are self-styled “independents”, LOL) will then blame the Democrats for not doing enough and send in Republicans again.
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@partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2026-10-25 02:36
Dems will likely do well, but I don’t think they’ll get 2/3rd majority and republicans for sure aren’t gonna help Dems, they’re too far gone. Every progressive policy that passes the House and Senate but gets vetoed by trump becomes a reason to vote for a Democratic President in 2028. Trump would almost be doing the Democrats a favor if he vetoed everything. Bluedog Democrats in Congress could vote for all kinds of progressive things with the knowledge they won’t pass into law. They’d be able to score all the political points with their constituency without suffering any fallout from their corporate donors. Imagine if, in the next 2 years, Democrats in Congress pass: Universal Healthcare Federal Minimum wage increase Cost ceilings on residential electric bills Slashed defense budget Increase in Social Security trust fund Resolution ending military actions Epstein file transparency laws All of these trump would veto, of course, but that leaves the GOP significantly worse off in the next election.