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lees1975

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6. Hmm. Let's see. We had control of both houses and the Presidency between 2021 and 2023.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 11:55 PM

7 hrs ago

Why couldn't we get this done and make it permanent then? It was discussed. It could have been done. We had the power. Why didn't that Congress make the ACA a permanent part of the budget?

Oh, yeah, I forgot. We didn't want anything to "look political." So the bold political moves we could have taken to preserve the ACA, protect Roe, get rid of Citizens United and make these things permanent, were not done.

And here we are.

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