Summary

Senate Democrats plan to force Republicans into tough votes on tax cuts and government cuts linked to Trump’s legislative agenda.

They will introduce amendments opposing tax breaks for the wealthy and cuts to programs like education and Medicaid as Republicans push a $325 billion budget resolution.

Democrats also target Elon Musk’s DOGE, which is rapidly cutting federal jobs. Some Republicans express concerns over DOGE’s speed.

Democrats hope these votes will hurt Trump and the GOP ahead of the 2026 midterms.

  • TheFogan@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    I mean… at least that’s the part of the plan that they SHOULD have been doing for decades… back when the public option was killed from obamacare… no vote was ever heard, and the only person who they announced as the problem was Liberman.

    I mean this strategy is just plain common sense that always SHOULD have been the norm. IMO I think half the reason for low information voters now… is that they basically allowed vote information to get muddled for decades. IE If a bill is overwhelmingly popular with the base, but can’t break a fillibuster proof majority, the democrats just go “we don’t have the votes, don’t put it on the floor”, when things do make the floor, we allow riders and compromises to make it so that both sides are attackable.

    In short, they’ve allowed the voting record to become nearly useless to look at, practically never use it in their advertising on either front, and then allow a good chunk of bills that happen to basically be the “Save orphanages, and kick puppies” bill, so that no matter which way someone votes on it, an attack add can just cover the bad half of the bill and attack people for supporting it, or cover the good half and attack people for opposing it.