• morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 day ago

    Dems never controlled congress during the Biden years. Budgets have to get congress approval to pass. Thus, compromises must be made to get anything done.

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      24 hours ago

      Democrats control the house with Nancy Pelosi as speaker from 2021 to 2023, it was a 50/50 split in the Senate with Harris being the tie breaker 2021-2023 with Chuck Schumer as the Senate majority leader. During this time they gave ice the largest increase in federal spending they’ve ever received and have increased dramatically the number of ice detention Center beds