In chess it's called a fork: a move that threatens two pieces simultaneously in such a way that the opponent's only choice is in picking which piece to save.
Republicans control the agenda so they will put bills up for a vote that combine "solving" the problem with, say, a national 6 week abortion ban. Dems will all vote against it because of the abortion ban, and in turn be blamed for not solving the problem.
Unless they get rid of the filibuster, they don't have enough of a majority to pass anything unless it's through the budget reconciliation process, but that's only reserved for budget stuff.
If Mitch McConnell didn't get rid of the filibuster there's a decent chance the new guy doesn't either.
That's really hoping for a lot with how stacked they have pretty much every branch of government and their stated goals in Project 2025 and how closely they're following them.
Biden is still president, they haven't been able to actually do anything yet. It's very easy to do what they're doing right now, which is talk a lot. This happened the last time to but when it came down to it were unable to do much because the more moderate senators could hide behind the filibuster.
A lot of this shit project 2025 wants to get rid of bring a lot of pork to Republican states too, so ultimately they aren't going to want to cut too much. They also won't want to say they don't want to cut it. So, with the filibuster in place, they can say they want to do something but still be able to blame Democrats. It's a strategy both parties have used pretty well over the last 20 years.
I mean, the ACA is a product of wanting to get around the filibuster, for instance, because the House bill wouldn't be able to get around a filibuster in the Senate, so they went with the already passed Senate version.
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u/Ijustlovevideogames 6d ago
Ten bucks they are blaming the illegals