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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the ACA is overturned, and we win the Presidency and Congress and Senate,
can't the new administration replace it immediately with something similar and more expansive? Shouldn't the Biden campaign have a new plan at the ready?
mucifer
(23,549 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,556 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...but theyll probably need to get rid of the filibuster first, as theres no way they be able to get 60 votes with an intransigent Republican minority. And, even if they pass something, whos to say the SCOTUS doesnt dream up some reason to throw it out, too?
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)and then tell the repuke minority to not bother to show up... they will be given NO committee assignments and will not be called on to debate. They can vote but that's it.
It's time for payback.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Meadowoak
(5,551 posts)My Pet Orangutan
(9,259 posts)Go to the people promising not to enact single-payer (as Biden has from the outset), then say, 'oh well, let's have it anyway'. Would make 'Read my lips, no newtlaxes' look like 'promises made, promises kept'.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Biden wiped the primary table clean with his support for our ACA.
My Pet Orangutan
(9,259 posts)We need to win the presidency Now. The filibuster has to go regardless.
Blasphemer
(3,261 posts)Could they pass it even with a majority and no filibuster? Based on the ACA negotiations, I doubt it. Who are today's Joe Lieberman and Max Baucus? People like that are the key issue.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)and to be expected. When this happens, that when we add 4 seats to the SC
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)Dems need a firm stiff spine to deal with these Nazis.