It is sad that Jake Tapper KNOWS his US Civics and still says this. Cory Booker explained it to him.
This upcoming Holiday Weekend if you are sitting around a picnic table eating Bar-B-Cue and Tater salad and someone remarks “Biden had 4 years to fix stuff” please give them a lesson in CIVICS 101.
Who ever was in charge of teaching CIVICS in this country for the past 40+ years sucked at it!.
Thanks to the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and the Great Compromise of Roger Sherman, we have the House of Representatives and the US Senate.
For the past two years the GOP has had control of the US House.
Speaker of the House has been a Republican. The Speaker chooses what bills get to make it to the floor to be voted on.
So Price of Homes comes up?
Who’s outbidding you by tens of thousands of dollars for that home of your dreams? A hedge fund
“These buyers often come armed with the kind of financial firepower ordinary Americans can’t hope to match, housing experts say.”
So when Democrats try to pass a bill, say to stop Hedge Fund Managers from buying houses by outbidding prospective Homebuyers,
Democrats Have a Plan to Shake Up the Housing Market
“Democrats Have a Plan to Shake Up the Housing Market Published Dec 08, 2023 at 4:59 PM EST”
“A bill being introduced to Congress will prohibit hedge funds and other institutional investors from buying single-family homes.
The bill comes as housing supply continues to dry up in the U.S. with prices climbing 20 percent since 2021. Low housing supply is driving up prices, and hedge funds are partly to blame for that, according to the bill’s sponsors, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Adam Smith (D-WA).
This week, Merkley and Smith introduced the bill, the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act of 2023, which takes aim at hedge funds and private equity firms that have snapped up single-family houses as investment properties.”
What happened to that bill?
You can follow any bill with GOVTRACK.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s3402
“Dec 5, 2023
Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.”
That is where it stopped. Since the GOP has the majority and the committee it was assigned to was majority Republican, it never got out of the committee.
Please explain to your friends/kinfolks what a Filibuster is in the Senate.
ANY Senator can filibuster any bill.
About Filibusters and Cloture
It takes 60 votes to stop the filibuster “cloture”.
Since the Senate has been roughly 50-50 since Biden was elected IF the House passes a bill, say a Bill to stop Oil Companies from Price Gouging,
U.S. House passes bill to fight oil and gas price gouging
It dies in the Senate because 10 Republicans will not join the 50 Democrat Senators to break the filibuster.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/s3920
“Mar 24, 2022 Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.”
And Died.
But David, how did Biden get the Infrastructure Bill and CHIPS Act into law?
No Republican Senator wanted to go on the record against new bridges, roads, broadband or other infrastructure for their state and no Republican Senator wanted to go on the record against a new Chip factory in their state.
(WHO AM I KIDDING?)
These 30 Republicans Voted Against Infrastructure Bill; Here’s What It Would Give Their States
These are the 24 House Republicans who broke with the party to support chips and science bill
But David, what about the price of groceries?
Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act in August of 2022. No Republican Senator wanted to go on the record against that!
It was 8.3% when he signed it. The inflation rate has been going down ever since.
So Why are Groceries So Expensive David?
GREED!
Kroger? When someone parrots the “Grocery Stores operate at 1-2% profit margin” Federalist/FoxNews/GOP lie, share this information with them:
Kroger?
Grocery Store, Fast Food and Oil Company Profits Soar as Families Struggle With Inflation
“Kroger, which operates Food 4 Less and Ralphs, reported $732 million in net income in the second quarter of this year, up 43% from the same time in 2021.”
““There’s a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, which will reduce competition even more than in the supermarket industry,” said Gin. “And so there’s some worry there that that would contribute to keeping prices at these high levels.”
“Kroger has said it actually plans to reduce prices under the merger.”
“It’s not just grocery stores – fast food restaurants are also posting some large profits as well.
Both Chipotle and McDonald’s reported higher-than-expected earnings. Chipotle has raised prices 13% over the past year, while its profits jumped more than 11% compared to last year.
McDonald’s menu prices are also up, and so are its profits in the United States.”
