That would be too much of a risk for the neolibs, and it would piss off their donors, the votes will reflect the actual positions
Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Elizabeth Warren all cosponsored the Senate version of the bill, then backtracked later. If everyone knows it will lose, the votes aren’t going to mean anything.
One’s a vote that COULD change the lives of millions and the other is a name on a paper
But couldn’t every Dem in the house just vote for it knowing it would die in the Senate and even if it made it through there that it would be veto’d by Joe? Their donors surely understand hiding your true colors to retain power
Not trying to go after you here, but these are thoughts I’ve had about this issue
If the dems pass it by faking then good for us it’s still passed, if after that they fail to take back the senate that’s political ammunition for us, if Joe vetoes the bill that also political ammunition for us, on all potential angles the vote benefits us, how much it benefits is up to debate but there still a range of benefits which is why it’s worth doing
