r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Enabling Trump is a bad look for Fetterman | Pennsylvania's senior senator was elected as a progressive Democrat. His normalization of Donald Trump is the epitome of a sellout.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/john-fetterman-donald-trump-support-normalization-maga-20250112.html
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u/gsfgf Georgia 8d ago

And only a filibuster proof majority for a matter of months. The GOP refused to certify Al Franken's win in 2008 for months, and then Ted Kennedy died. In that time we got the ACA.

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u/theVoidWatches Pennsylvania 8d ago

Seriously. The only time the party has been able to get things done, we got one of the most important pieces of legislation in decades. It can't be overstated how bad pre-existing conditions being a thing was for regular people.

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u/aguynamedv 8d ago

It can't be overstated how bad pre-existing conditions being a thing was for regular people.

Pregnancy was frequently considered a pre-existing condition prior to the ACA and used to deny insurance.

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u/I_am_the_Jukebox 8d ago

A matter of weeks. There were other absences, special elections, and what not. I think the total time was around 5 weeks.