News: @AOC is joining the picket line on Saturday afternoon at Catholic Health Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, NY where 2k healthcare workers are on strike over a long-standing staffing crisis— Michael Sainato (@msainat1) October 22, 2021
Can she propose bills as a representative? Wouldn't that be a better use of her time? She's good at pr and that would do more for the conversation, at least in my opinion.
My thinking is that if she makes or introduces new legislation, that could shift the conversation towards things other members of congress could do or support. I could be wrong.
I just mean using the momentum to stoke public interest in a pro-worker bill might have it grow in popularity like m4a. I'm not saying what she's doing is bad, just unsure about what she can do to the best of her abilities as a representative
Can she propose bills as a representative? Wouldn't that be a better use of her time? She's good at pr and that would do more for the conversation, at least in my opinion.
Is it really a better use of her time? She does introduce legislation but not like it goes anywhere.
My thinking is that if she makes or introduces new legislation, that could shift the conversation towards things other members of congress could do or support. I could be wrong.
She's introduced like 30 biills so far, 11 of them this year. Most of these don't make it out of committee
I just mean using the momentum to stoke public interest in a pro-worker bill might have it grow in popularity like m4a. I'm not saying what she's doing is bad, just unsure about what she can do to the best of her abilities as a representative