It's hard to believe the Democrats aren't controlled opposition when they choose to play the game on a higher difficulty than Republicans have for the past 20+ years.

      • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Having Sanders as the budget chairman means he has to approve the bill that goes to the floor. He sounds like he wants the biggest possible budget reconciliation bill, should be easy to vote no on a watered down bill

          • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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            4 years ago

            For sure they would paint him that way. But if Bernie was ready to vote against military funding for $2k checks I don't see why he would be against doing something with much less risk. Budget reconciliations bills aren't the yearly budget, they won't cause a govt shutdown if they fail