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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by lesuorac on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @08:58AM (#31568972)
> The Democrats could have done this of their own volition in Obama's first term, during periods where the Senate had a filibuster-proof majority. Instead, they came up with the ACA.

How much more than the ACA (a campaign promise) and stimulus did you expect them to get done in the 4 months of the first term that they had a filibuster-proof majority?

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2012/09/09/when-oba...

Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by masonic on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @04:30AM (#31579444)
>How much more than the ACA

They could have done universal healthcare instead of ACA and with much simpler legislation and less regulatory authoring burden.