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In reply to the discussion: Why did Senator Warren have to jump on the media bandwagon, proclaiming how bad Democrats are going [View all]Budi
(15,325 posts)70. No one's pretending it's not.
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Why did Senator Warren have to jump on the media bandwagon, proclaiming how bad Democrats are going [View all]
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
OP
We have a midterm coming up that is the issue and no offense I don't think Sen.
Demsrule86
Apr 2022
#54
We don't have our heads in the sand. With a 50-50 Senate, and two Democrats not particularly
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#8
The majority is green inflation, but the message should have been. It was going to be worse than it
uponit7771
Apr 2022
#28
Of course it is, the point of the OP is not to blame Democrats and to place blame where it belongs
uponit7771
Apr 2022
#27
Ban price gouging, strengthen anti-trust laws, help the FTC enforce existing laws
BeyondGeography
Apr 2022
#4
How long do you think it will take to prove price gouging? If the past is any prediction of the
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#9
That has all been done before. It took months of hearings, and nothing was accomplished. They
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#15
Record profits aren't proof of gouging BG. If it even gets that far with hearings and
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#31
I think she is stating the obvious, in regard to what the problem is. I think the administration
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#38
In six months before the midterms? Not only do we have the public insurrection hearings in May, but
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#32
Does it matter, the performative aspects of it would mean more than twiddling thumbs?
uponit7771
Apr 2022
#29
Because Dems aren't above reproach, they can improve, and there's still time to fix it.
Doremus
Apr 2022
#5
What? Nothing here in this long list of accomplishments worth noting to the Media?
Budi
Apr 2022
#47
Candidate Biden actually said Congress should act immediately to cancel $10,000 of all student loans
lapucelle
Apr 2022
#85
H.R.4797 - the Student Loan Relief Act would forgive up to $50,000 in federal student loans
lapucelle
Apr 2022
#94
I bet if Biden picked up the phone and called *ANY* Democratic House or Senate Member
fescuerescue
Apr 2022
#107
Biden's phone calls to Democrats are detailed in Woodward and Costa's "Peril."
betsuni
Apr 2022
#115
Well apparantly its more useful to some Congress people to use it as a campaign wedge than to...
Budi
Apr 2022
#117
Are Manchin and Sinema really going to join in on that? and just how are you going to prove price
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#13
Following four years of lies, denials, and Dem-blaming, the Dems seem determined to be the
allegorical oracle
Apr 2022
#17
No one should have an issue with that, unfortunately, that seems to have now taken a back seat, and
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#26
There are things the Dems can do despite GOP and Manchin/Sinema obstruction
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2022
#33
Biden ABSOLUTELY has the authority to cancel student debt, via regulatory changes
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2022
#43
The President should sign an executive order forgiving all student loans in October
ripcord
Apr 2022
#57
It will put more money in millions of people's pockets, which eases the impact of inflation
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2022
#77
That's a Republican talking point, and is likely the reason Biden is hesitant to move on it
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2022
#92
No its not a Republican talking point. It is a consideration because we've been told to buy into
Budi
Apr 2022
#93
None of this is possible and this nonsense will cost us the midterm. It is Sen.
Demsrule86
Apr 2022
#53
Because she is a Democratic Senater and IMO that's part of her job. She's extremly smart and has a
Autumn
Apr 2022
#64
Senator Warren forgot to mention S.3802 - Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act during her TV appearances
lapucelle
Apr 2022
#95
Yes, "I've got a plan for that." She's got the bully pulpit. Use it, see if it works.
betsuni
Apr 2022
#100
Maybe she thinks eventual excise taxes on barrels of oil given to the tax payer on their tax
Autumn
Apr 2022
#104
Perhaps because they'll do badly in the midterms if they don't get a handle on inflation?
brooklynite
Apr 2022
#108
In my view, the problem is with only 6 months until the midterms, this could possibly demoralize
JohnSJ
Apr 2022
#118