But guys! It's all the unelected parliamentarian's fault!
Also, the parliamentarian has no real authority and could be removed at any time, but we're not going to do that!
It's all theater. The Democrats had the numbers and could have pushed through single payer health care with any rules they wanted, but instead chose to "negotiate" with the Republicans ... so that they could blame every problem with the bill on the "compromises" that they made.
Then the Republicans could have done away with Obamacare during Trump's first term, probably the worst piece of legislation since the CRA, but ... they chose not to.
Nobody wants to be responsible for anything. They all just want to have problems that need solving and people who they can point at as the cause of the problems.
But guys! It's all the unelected parliamentarian's fault!
Also, the parliamentarian has no real authority and could be removed at any time, but we're not going to do that!
It's all theater. The Democrats had the numbers and could have pushed through single payer health care with any rules they wanted, but instead chose to "negotiate" with the Republicans ... so that they could blame every problem with the bill on the "compromises" that they made.
Then the Republicans could have done away with Obamacare during Trump's first term, probably the worst piece of legislation since the CRA, but ... they chose not to.
Nobody wants to be responsible for anything. They all just want to have problems that need solving and people who they can point at as the cause of the problems.