Congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation that would immediately cut interest rates to 0 percent for all 44 million student loan borrowers in the U.S. While the Student Loan …
After 2020 they had enough to pass it in the house, but couldn’t overcome the 60 vote fillabuster and they couldnt change that because of Manchin and Sinema. 2022 they have enough in the senate but the house will never write such a bill.
Cool. Where was this when they had leverage in Congress?
Why not just propose universal healthcare and universal basic income while they’re at it? I mean why aim so low when we’re not actually serious?
When did they have leverage?
After 2020 they had enough to pass it in the house, but couldn’t overcome the 60 vote fillabuster and they couldnt change that because of Manchin and Sinema. 2022 they have enough in the senate but the house will never write such a bill.
In some of their omnibus spending packages they had leverage.
I’m not saying they had carte Blanche. But they certainly had leverage.
If they proposed it then they might have actually had to pass it or look bad.
Yup. It’s all a show to keep themselves in power while doing nothing. Performative time wasting as a generation drowns.