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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Democrats need to intro bills for all progressive agenda items.
Medicare for All, Free College, New Green Deal, minimum wage, repeal tax scam, etc...
Senate Republicans would reject it, and I'd remind Americans of this every day with a rallying cry to the press ahead of 2020.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)If we introduce a wishlist in the House, and it dies there through a coalition of BD and Repugs, all it will do is make Democrats look weak and ineffectual.
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)samnsara
(17,623 posts)pecosbob
(7,541 posts)If Dems in DC act wisely in this next two years, they can decimate the GOP. But I also expect interference from less progressive members which will be amplified by the corporate media ad infinitum.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)A hunger for media attention and interference by less progressive members - and more progressive members; will be a persistent, costly problem, limiting achievement of results - which has happened in the last two elections.
cilla4progress
(24,737 posts)but also we shouldn't only focus on investigations all the time.
onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)people. Bypass the media.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Few will pass before 2020, but getting the word out about what's coming should inspire voters.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Just don't waste time with 50 votes on same stuff. The democratic house has power of investigation and appropriations. They best use them as weapons.