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TopicFormer Congressman: abolish the Senate
Antifar
12/06/18 11:50:30 AM
#72:


s0nicfan posted...
Which is the driving force behind every successful progressive movement in the history of the country.

The New Deal happened because Democrats had immense popular vote majorities. The Civil Rights act went through the House with relative ease, but was delayed by lengthy filibusters by Senators representing a small minority of the country's population. The ACA, to give a more recent example, required a landslide election to make it possible. In what ways are these tyrannies of the minority?
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